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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
By John Sobol

One hundred and forty
That’s all I’ve got to give
It may not be enough
For all your fancy stuff
But baby, one forty’s where I live

Once upon a time I read a book
uh-huh
And you wouldn’t believe how long that took
a hundred and ninety pages
that’s a lot of paper cages
140 is the key to me

I can’t imagine a time
When people typed line after line
Alone at their desk, in their dusty garret
If that’s communication, baby I’m a parrot
It all just seems so random
Without followers or handles

But 140 is comfy and cute
You can say bout anything, even the truth
You can tweet while eating Dim Sum
You can even tweet while kissing someone
140 that’s the number for me

I can remember a time
When people typed line after line
Alone at their desk, in their dusty garret
If that’s communication, baby I’m a ferret
It just all seems so random
Without followers or handles

Baby I can tell by the way you hold your phone
that you’d know what to do
With one hundred and forty
characters or less
Oh baby won’t you start
Following that hash tag I call my heart
It’ll beat 140 times each minute
If you will only start tweeting in it …

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from datazoic folk, released August 31, 2014
Written and Performed by John Sobol
Produced by John Sobol and Blake Hargreaves
Recorded by Blake Hargreaves

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