[Intro] Rustle, rustle Click and clatter Click... Round and round The cassette goes spinning Right ear Left ear Boom boom Boom boom Boom boom Boom boom Here it comes! Oh, here it comes! A whole new world! [Verse 1] I was just a teenager Walking home from school A little square machine That fit inside my pocket My reflection In the train window Didn't look quite like The ordinary me Earphones in both ears Oh yeah Headphones on! And here comes My favorite song Some English lyrics I couldn't understand Didn't know What they were singing But man... This is amazing! I was happy Just moving around I fell in love With going places [Pre-Chorus] Same old road On my way back home Same old scenery As yesterday But all I had to do Was press that button And suddenly The world grew bigger [Chorus] Walkman! Walkman! The world is bigger Than I ever knew! Somewhere in a city I've never seen Somebody's singing And dancing today Walkman! Walkman! I didn't need To understand the words Just hearing something That made me smile What a beautiful song! Every day And every night I didn't even Want to sleep! [Verse 2] So many years Have come and gone The tapes disappeared No more rewinding Like a pencil sharpener Spinning round inside That little box Kept turning and turning Now it hardly Gets used at all And somehow It's been fifty years These days I'm making songs myself Can't play an instrument Can't even sing But when an idea Pops into my head It turns into music! Even crazier Than back in those days Man, what a time To be alive! [Pre-Chorus 2] Somewhere in the world A stranger makes a song I press play And listen along Wow... This one's really good! Before I even Think about it I've already Hit that like! [Chorus] Walkman! iPod! I wish I could tell That younger me The boy who listened To songs from around the world Is now the one Who's making songs! Smartphones! Tablets! LLMs! With people from countries I've never seen We're playing around With the very same tools Isn't it strange? Isn't it wonderful? Across all this time! [Bridge] Back then All I could do was listen And that was More than enough for me Every time I found another song I loved It felt like I'd found another friend Somewhere in the world That's how it felt to me But now I can hear a song Made by somebody Sitting in their home And say Hey! I love this! With just one click They'll know I was there And somewhere Someone I don't know Has liked a song That I made too Even if Just one person listens You know what? I'll make another one! [Final Chorus] Walkman! Come on, let's walk! The world was always Bigger than I knew That world came pouring Through my ears And now I'm sending My own music out! Walkman! Now it's my smartphone! Half a century Went rushing by But every time I find a song I love My heart still races Just like before! Somewhere out there Someone's making music And here I am Still getting excited! [Outro] Click! All these years And it's still playing ...Man, what a great song! One more time! Ka-chunk! Push that button Come on... Let's get walking!
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