We used to put gas in cars
Used to cut down trees
Used to build our towns around
A hole in the ground
To find the coal to keep the heat on and

We used to breathe air that was clean
Used to get news off TV
Folks used to go to the beach
Before plastic trash took
Over the seven seas
We used to have temperatures under a hundred degrees

Used to keep kids contained
Used to think weed was gonna kill your brain
Used to keep science locked away
Instead we would get onto our knees and pray
Used to take pills for the pain
Used to lock up the insane
When the voting booth still felt a lot like a video game
We were just numbers instead of our names

Now I’m
Losing grip on reality
We gotta get back to the old ways
If we wanna make a new day
I’m losing grip on reality
Gotta learn to love where we live
Give a lot more than before
Don't give it away

Used to live life for likes
Used to compete to be shared
Built yourself up to be sold
As if strangers would care
Put your life in a hyperlink
Copy and paste it and see what the world thinks
We used to put ink in the pen
Put the pen to paper
Lick a stamp and I talk to you later
There’s no magic in this email
It’s all broken code
And I feel I’m

Losing grip on reality
We gotta get back to the old ways
If we wanna make a new day
I’m losing grip on reality
Gotta learn to love where we live
Give a lot more than before
Don't give it away


I can't tell ya what the future holds
I don't know which way tomorrows gonna go
But I do know we've all been in the thick of it
Remember when it shut down for a little bit
And how when everybody stopped for a little while
The Air became clean n we could see for miles
Spend a little more time with our own child
Lining up for the store in a single file
Everybody knows someone who lost someone
that kinda thing'll make you do what can't be done
Start to think about the many instead of just one
Think about how the battle has just begun
And how we can't run
Who knows what to believe
But if you ever feel lost, come on and sing with me
I gotta lotta room under my family Tree
Everybody get up underneath my family Tree
Everybody get up under my
If you’re losin’ it like I’ve been losing it

Now I’m
Losing grip on reality
We gotta get back to the old ways
If we wanna make a new day
I’m losing grip on reality
Gotta learn to love where we live
Give a lot more than before
Don't give it away