Stole Our Yesterday - Blueprint

Light a Newport, get a paper from the porch

Can’t believe the bars don’t let the people smoke indoors

An empty beer can, a couple old sales receipts

Movie ticket stub, a pizza box from last week

Watching westerns on his black and white TV set

Digital converter box the government made him get

Stain in his shag carpet, no time to clean it yet

Thinking about hitting the bank and cashing his check

Back when it all was simple

Before they took it all away

They sold us all tomorrow

Then they stole our yesterday

Take a ride, hop inside the Delta 88

Road map and an atlas is on his backseat

Dice is in the mirror, pine trees keep the air fresh

Reach into the glove box and pull out his favorite cassette

Damn, thinking music just ain’t what it used to be

Ain’t been the same since CDs and MTV

He miss the vinyl LPs and the milk crates

So right before he walk in the bank he flip the tape

Back when it all was simple

Before they took it all away

They sold us all tomorrow

Then they stole our yesterday

Teller ask how he’s doing, he says «Fine»

They let him know he can check his account balance on line

He laughs and say, «Truthfully, that’s out of the question»

Cause he heard about the internet but still don’t trust it

Get on the freeway, it’s under construction all the time

Glance down at the buildings crowding the skyline

Most of the spots he used to frequent all closed

They call it «progress», he calls it «Nightclubs and condos»

Back when it all was simple

Before they took it all away

They sold us all tomorrow

Then they stole our yesterday

This song right here goes out to all my people

That’s happy with what they got, you know?

Despite that everybody around you is telling you

That what you got ain’t good enough, you know?

Like what if… what if I don’t want that upgrade man?

Like what if what I got works fine for me, you know?

That don’t mean I’m not ambitious, does it?

I hope not man, I hope not

Back when it all was simple

Before they took it all away

They sold us all tomorrow

Then they stole our yesterday