Zach & Simone
Lyrics by Cory Smith, music by John Mellencamp (Jack and Diane)
Little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone
Little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone
Two unfortunate kids growin' up, without a smartphone
Two unfortunate kids growin' up, without a smartphone
Once they had the latest, from the Apple Store
Once they had the latest, from the Apple Store
I'm about to tell you why, they ain't got 'em no more
I'm about to tell you why, they ain't got 'em no more
Suckin’ down gigabytes of data each day
Suckin’ down gigabytes of data each day
Simone tripled my phone bill
Simone tripled my phone bill
with no way to pay
with no way to pay
Zackie stayed in his room
Zackie stayed in his room
hadn’t seen him in weeks
hadn’t seen him in weeks
Couldn’t make him come out
Couldn’t make him come out
I tried several techniques, say a,
I tried several techniques, say a,
Oh yeah, life goes on
Oh yeah, life goes on
even though their cute, devices are gone, say a,
even though their cute, devices are gone, say a,
Oh yeah, life goes on
Oh yeah, life goes on
When they unplugged, their brains turned back on
When they unplugged, their brains turned back on
We rock on
We rock on
Simone sits back
Simone sits back
reflects her thoughts for a moment
reflects her thoughts for a moment
fluffs her hair
fluffs her hair
and does her best Taylor Swift
and does her best Taylor Swift
Well you know, Zach
Well you know, Zach
we oughta run off to the city
we oughta run off to the city
But without Uber
But without Uber
we just can’t get a lift
we just can’t get a lift
Daddy said,
Daddy said,
Oh yeah, life goes on
Oh yeah, life goes on
even after our precious iphones are gone
even after our precious iphones are gone
Oh yeah, he said, life goes on
Oh yeah, he said, life goes on
he thinks we should clean, or mown the lawn
he thinks we should clean, or mown the lawn
First it kinda stunk
First it kinda stunk
missed their shows
missed their shows
couldn’t Instagram
couldn’t Instagram
or watch cat videos
or watch cat videos
Then something shifted, in their attitudes
Then something shifted, in their attitudes
soon we noticed them laughing
soon we noticed them laughing
and improving their moods
and improving their moods
Oh yeah, life went on
Oh yeah, life went on
even after their cute, devices were gone
even after their cute, devices were gone
Oh yeah, you know, life went on
Oh yeah, you know, life went on
and I sent my wife, this emoticon 🥳
and I sent my wife, this emoticon 🥳
A little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone
A little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone
Two lucky kids with, no smartphones
Two lucky kids with, no smartphones