Wi-Fi Can't Hold Your Hand

Created by: Carl Thompson
1970s countryNashville soundmale voicesteel guitarharmonicasoft backing vocals
2025-05-29
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Wi-Fi Can't Hold Your Hand
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Lyrics

Intro, Gentle Steel Guitar

(Mmm... yeah...)

Verse 1

There’s a brand new screen in Mama’s room

With a nurse on call through some Zoom

But Mama’s eyes don’t light up right

Without a real hand holdin’ tight

Chorus, Backing Vocals (Oooh yeahhh)

'Cause Wi-Fi can't hold your hand

And tablets don’t understand

What a warm cup and soft voice can do

When the nights feel cold and blue

You can plug in all the high-tech plans

But love don’t run on data, man

This heartland truth still stands

Wi-Fi can’t hold your hand

Verse 2

They brought in robots with fancy names

Sayin' it’s progress, not a game

But they don't know the Sunday hymn

Or when to sit and just listen to him

Pre-Chorus, Harmonica riff

They say the future's wired and grand

But Grandpa needs a voice, not a brand

Chorus, Full harmony

'Cause Wi-Fi can't hold your hand

And apps can’t understand

How Grandma hums her lullaby

Or why she still tears up and cries

When someone brushes back her hair

Or helps her walk from here to there

This old-time love still stands

Wi-Fi can't hold your hand

Bridge, Soft Guitar Interlude
Quiet Arrangement, Harmonica Solo

(Mmm... still needs a human touch...)

Verse 3, Stripped Back

Now don’t get me wrong, it helps some days

But chrome and code can’t learn her ways

She needs more than a blinking screen

She needs kindness in-between

Chorus, Emotional crescendo

'Cause Wi-Fi can't hold your hand

And circuits can’t understand

The stories tucked in wrinkled skin

Or the strength of where we’ve been

No app will laugh or cry with you

Like someone real would always do

So hear this old-time, working man

Wi-Fi can't hold your hand

Outro, Slow Fade

Wi-Fi... can’t hold... your hand...

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