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Postcard

from Chase the sun by Devin Howell

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Do I spend more time staring at my phone or my computer than I do engaging with the people around me? Sadly, the truthful answer is yes. Postcard was written at the point where I'd had enough of constantly trying to interact through screens and I longed for the old ways of sticking to plans made over the landline telephone and hugs and handshakes instead of likes and pokes.

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I don't want to tweet what I'm feeling
I think it loses it's meaning
Because the html
It has no taste and no smell

And I won't be changing my status
To try and feel like I'm famous
And I won't write on your wall
If I don't know you at all

And you're not going to find me on myspace
I don't have time for that rat race ‘cause
I have no apps on my iphone
So perhaps we can postpone

And we'll talk when I see you
Because I'm all through with You Tube
And I can't handle a Skype call
Because my bandwidth is frightful

Oh I'll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later

In your hands you will hold
A tiny piece of my soul

You don't have to send me a photo
Of your vacation in Soho
I won't trade your smile for the Digg-its
On your photograph widgets

You don't have to like me on facebook
Or subscribe to my output
You don't need to follow my blog posts
Because you know what I want most

I want to love you and hide it
Just keep some of it private
I don't want my world on a web page
That's not how real friends are made

Oh I'll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later
In your hands you will hold a tiny piece of my

Soul held in suspension
It's my love in third dimension
I could write it on your wall but
It wouldn't be the same thing
The same thing at all

If I have to write one more profile
I think I might just get hostile and
Turn my screen off forever
Until we are together

I’ll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later
In your hands you will hold
A tiny piece of my soul

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from Chase the sun, released December 8, 2013

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Devin Howell Cape Town, South Africa

Devin writes songs that convey the message of life in all it's colours. Aural pictures of the serious, the comical, the sexual and the spiritual aspects of our world.
With Pertinent musings and infectious groovings, Devin's introspective philosophy combines with catchy melodies and feel-good rhythms to create an uplifting journey through our spectrum of emotions and heart vibrations.
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