[Intro]
Perfume and pixels, a digital trace
Your love letter came with an interface
Static and silence, that's all I could hear
When your goodbye hit my atmosphere
[Verse 1]
Miss Delacroix, you broke it down clean
Sent our love through a cold machine
Three years of jazz and late-night shows
Reduced to zeros, I suppose
Your lipstick stains on my trumpet's brass
Now just metadata from the past
[Chorus]
Who killed romance in this digital dance?
When did we trade our souls for Wi-Fi romance?
Baby, what happened to face-to-face?
Now love's just data in cyberspace
God damn these screens between you and me
Where's the swing in binary?
[Verse 2]
Remember New Orleans, that summer night
When the band played till morning light
Now you're just status updates and tweets
While I'm still playing these analog beats
Your new man's got you on his timeline
While I'm stuck here blowing jazz lines
[Bridge]
The connection's weak
The signal's breaking down
Can't hear your heart
Through this digital town
But my brass still screams
What my words can't say
In this cold machine age
I'll swing anyway
[Chorus]
Who killed romance in this digital dance?
When did we trade our souls for Wi-Fi romance?
Baby, what happened to face-to-face?
Now love's just data in cyberspace
God damn these screens between you and me
Where's the swing in binary?
[Outro]
So here's my last note, Sophie dear
Not typed or texted, crystal clear
I'll play this tune till the stars burn out
That's what real love is all about
While you're busy with your online affairs
I'll be swinging away these digital tears