Lyrics of Ben Musser – Falling by the Wayside

Kids these days
Maybe try to act your age
Only babies yeah babies
should be treated as such
Tend to have the phone in their hand
Head down walking
Taking selfies on the video call
Talking bout the Tik Tok show
how you looked better
Instead of that snap maybe you should write a letter
Bout bein
Tracked by the man

But they’re coming in hot
Then falling by the wayside
Staring at your phone
Being tracked by “the man”
But you’re coming in hot
Then falling by the wayside

Is it too much to ask
for just a little humility
Though as role models
We’ve utterly failed
Look around you quick
‘Cause it’s slipping away
Before our very eyes
please get in the game
They’ve taken choice and the voice
From women and men

But you’re comin’ in hot
Then falling by the wayside
Staring at your phone
Being tracked by “the man”
Still you’re coming in hot
Then falling by the wayside
You gotta fight for your rights
‘Cause they’re falling by the wayside
Yeah
With everything on the line
might you find time to show up?
What good is it to stand awake
if you won’t lift your pretty, woken finger

But you’re comin’ in hot
Then falling by the wayside
Staring at your screens
Being tracked by the man
C’mon stand up and fight
‘Cause they’re falling by the wayside
You gotta stand up for your rights
Or they may be gone some day

You gotta stand up and fight
You gotta stand up