Gentle on my mind...

It's knowing that your window's always open
And your chat is free to talk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping time
To rise and come and hang out on the couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By the need to look intell'gent
Or to even read what's wrote there on the line
That keeps you in the timeline
Of the river of my bandwidth
Always knowin' you'll go gentle on my mind

It's not thinkin' 'bout the likes and updates
Posted on their Facebooks now that binds me
Or something someone tweeted
'Cause they thought we were friends altho' we ain't
It's just knowing that the world will not be carin'
Or even conscious when I stumble on some Tumblr post and find
That you are streamin' in the background
On the river of my bandwidth
And the whole thing's oh so gentle on my mind

Though the stalkers and the spambots
And the ID thieves and phone bills come between us
And that livid woman crying, that's my mother
'Cause her child's become a zombie
I still might stay up longer lines & wrinkles strain my face
As the summer sun comes peekin' through the blind
But not to where I feel like shuttin' down my application
On that river oh so gentle on my mind

I bring a Cup-a-Soup back from the kitchen
And resume my standard couch potato pose
My beard a scruffy wheat patch
A baseball cap with visor turn'd 'round back
Through banner ads on the iPad
I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
That you've still got my attention
On the river of my bandwidth
Ever pointless ever gentle on my mind