What A Shame

Verse 1

I drift back to a porch light burning low

Back to a gravel road where nobody was in a hurry

Somebody'd wave from a beat-up truck

Mama'd holler supper from the screen door

Pre-Chorus

We knew every neighbor by the sound of their engine

We knew every name on the mailbox row

Now I stand on this driveway all alone

And I don't know a soul

Chorus

How in the hell did we get so far from here

From here

Heads down staring at a glowing little screen

Like it's gonna answer everything

How in the hell did we get so far from here

So far

We traded a smile for a swipe and a scroll

What a shame

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

What a shame

Verse 2

My boy asked me why the old folks wave

I said son that's just what folks do

He looked up from his tablet confused

Then he waved back anyway

Pre-Chorus

There's a whole world waiting past the window glass

There's a whole town learning how to disappear

I can't scroll my way back home

And it's breaking me

Chorus

How in the hell did we get so far from here

From here

Heads down staring at a glowing little screen

Like it's gonna answer everything

How in the hell did we get so far from here

So far

We traded a smile for a swipe and a scroll

What a shame

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

What a shame

Bridge

I miss the dust on a back road tire

I miss a handshake and a real good neighbor

I miss looking up when the sky went gold

I miss us

Chorus

How in the hell did we get so far from here

From here

Heads down staring at a glowing little screen

Like it's gonna answer everything

How in the hell did we get so far from here

So far

We traded a smile for a swipe and a scroll

What a shame

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

What a shame

What a shame