When I was ten years old I remember thinking how cool it would be When we were goin´ on an eight hour drive If I could just watch TV
And I´d have given anything To have my own PacMan game at home I used to have to get a ride down to the arcade Now I´ve got it on my phone
He-e-ey Glory glory hallelujah Welcome to the future
My grandpa was in World War II He fought against the Japanese He wrote a hundred letters to my grandma Mailed ´em from his base in the Philippines I wish they could see this now The world they say has changed you know ´Cause I was on a video chat this morning With a company in Tokyo
He-e-ey Everyday´s a revolution Welcome to the future
He-e-ey Look around it´s all so clear He-e-ey Wherever we were going, well we´re here He-e-ey So many things I never thought I´d see Happening right in front of me
I had a friend in school Running-back on a football team
They burned a cross in his front yard For asking out the homecoming queen I thought about him today And everybody who´s seen what he´s seen From a woman on a bus To a man with a dream
He-e-ey Wake up Martin Luther Welcome to the future He-e-ey Glory glory hallelujah Welcome to the future