Simple Life by Casey Abrams
Don't need no TV
I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all
I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
I got a brand new scratch on my cadillac
try to call the bodyshop but my phone is dead
tried to email my brother but the wifi's down
this stuff is haunting me all year round
I'm fixing one thing and another one's coming lose
it's making me think
how much it stinks
I keep on buying new things that I can't really use
if it just gets you annoyed - then what is the point
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
I'm taking one step forward and three steps back
kick myself for letting go of the things I had
guess you don't know what you got till that junk goes bad
never should have dumped that hand me down I got from dad
I'm solve one problem and another one's popping up
ain't it ironic
how the problem get's chronic
cause when you got it good
you just don't know when to stop
don't worry bout the earning
if it stops you from living
Duhm Duhm Duhm's and Scooby doo's
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
It doesn't hurt if you would try some times
it's the simple life
I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all
I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
I got a brand new scratch on my cadillac
try to call the bodyshop but my phone is dead
tried to email my brother but the wifi's down
this stuff is haunting me all year round
I'm fixing one thing and another one's coming lose
it's making me think
how much it stinks
I keep on buying new things that I can't really use
if it just gets you annoyed - then what is the point
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
I'm taking one step forward and three steps back
kick myself for letting go of the things I had
guess you don't know what you got till that junk goes bad
never should have dumped that hand me down I got from dad
I'm solve one problem and another one's popping up
ain't it ironic
how the problem get's chronic
cause when you got it good
you just don't know when to stop
don't worry bout the earning
if it stops you from living
Duhm Duhm Duhm's and Scooby doo's
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
Don't need no TV I don't need no phone
don't need a speedy car to get me home
Don't need no nothing all I need is time
for the simple life
go get your butt out off that lazy couch
put down the laptop and get out of the house
It doesn't hurt if you would try some times
it's the simple life
A Simple Life: An Analysis
'A Simple Life' is a song composed by American Idol finalist Casey Abrams and it's about how our life has become so consumed or even obsessed with technology. He feels that we have become so obsessed with things we don't need or things that take away from us and imprison us away from an easier life.
The message is most likely that due to all the technological advances in the entertainment industry has resulted in us losing interest in actually finding entertainment in going outside. As is with the title, all these machines have made life complicated, too complicated and that living a simple life without electronics can be just as rewarding.
The tone of the song is something that quite fits Casey Abrams' personality, soft, laid back and mellow in pitch. When listening to the song, the tone fits the song very well because it's a simple life so why not have a simple tone? It's slightly lazy but not lack lustre, you can tell how much he enjoys the simple life. It is so stress free that it makes you wonder whether you should live a simple life too.
There's a lot of repetition in the song particularly the chorus of 'Don't need no TV I don't need no phone, don't need a speedy car to get me home. Don't need no nothing all I need is time for the simple life.' As is with many songs, repetition is used to emphasize a point or catchy tune. In this case, it's a message of how we don't need too many electronic devices to have a good life. We just need time but it's something we don't have, something that is taken over by all the different devices we use. Devices we don't need.
There's only one rhyme 'it's making me think how much it stinks,' and it shows that things aren't all that they're cracked out to be. The rhyme also works to solidify the idea that they aren't needed but wanted and they often fail due to human error.
The message is most likely that due to all the technological advances in the entertainment industry has resulted in us losing interest in actually finding entertainment in going outside. As is with the title, all these machines have made life complicated, too complicated and that living a simple life without electronics can be just as rewarding.
The tone of the song is something that quite fits Casey Abrams' personality, soft, laid back and mellow in pitch. When listening to the song, the tone fits the song very well because it's a simple life so why not have a simple tone? It's slightly lazy but not lack lustre, you can tell how much he enjoys the simple life. It is so stress free that it makes you wonder whether you should live a simple life too.
There's a lot of repetition in the song particularly the chorus of 'Don't need no TV I don't need no phone, don't need a speedy car to get me home. Don't need no nothing all I need is time for the simple life.' As is with many songs, repetition is used to emphasize a point or catchy tune. In this case, it's a message of how we don't need too many electronic devices to have a good life. We just need time but it's something we don't have, something that is taken over by all the different devices we use. Devices we don't need.
There's only one rhyme 'it's making me think how much it stinks,' and it shows that things aren't all that they're cracked out to be. The rhyme also works to solidify the idea that they aren't needed but wanted and they often fail due to human error.