Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ground Control to Uncle Tom

(A parody of millennials who bash their own generation in the style of “Space Oddity” by David Bowie.)

Ground Control to Uncle Tom
Ground Control to Uncle Tom
Take your Viagra and put your Depends on
Ground Control to Uncle Tom
Commencing aging, glasses on
Check your prostate, and may grandma be with you

This is Ground Control to Uncle Tom
You’re inciting ageist hate
And the youngsters want to know whose loafers you wear
Now it’s time to leave the comfort of your rocking chair
This is Uncle Tom to Ground Control
I’m slipping on the floor
And I’m dizzy in a most peculiar way
And my head is in the clouds every day
For here
I am eating from a tin can
Disconnected from the world
Millennials are here
You can do nothing, my dear

I’m out of touch by a hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very ill
And I think my scooter knows which way to go
Tell my grandkids I love them very much
They know
Ground Control to Uncle Tom
Your hearing aid’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me Uncle Tom?
Can you hear me Uncle Tom?
Can you hear me Uncle Tom?
Can you hear?
I am eating from a tin can
Disconnected from the world
Millennials are here

You can do nothing, my dear

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