63,000 mobile phones

This song started off as one about the fact that we lose so many mobile phones in taxis. I then read about how our demand for precious metals like Gold as well as one called Coltan is fueling the terrible war in Congo. Coltan is used to manufacture mobile phones. This song is about interdependency. The newspaper article in the background can be read here: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-how...

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63,000 mobiles phone are lost in London taxis every 6 months,
That's 126,000 phones lost in London taxis in one year
Think of the insurance claims on that lot, think about premiums and how much they cost
I can't afford to protect my phone against loss, because people in taxi's get drunk and lose stuff

Can I suggest zip up pockets or just hold your mobile in your hand
while you're travelling through London.

Check for possessions at the end of your journey
when you're travelling through London.

63,000 mobile phones lost in London taxis every 6 months,
4.1 phones are lost in every minute of every day
Think of all the data that is stored on that lot, think about your fears of identity loss,
I don't want to have a government ID card cos people in taxi's get drunk and lose stuff.

Can I suggest you type a note in your personal digital assitant
while you're travelling through London.
Just type 'please don't lose me' as you go on your journey
when you're travelling through London

63,000 mobiles phone are lost in London taxis every 6 months,
63,000 mobile phones are bought brand new to replace lost ones
Think of all the packaging used to sell them, think about the piles of discarded old ones
Landfill sites grow exponentially because people in taxis get drunk and lose stuff.

63,000 mobiles phone are lost in London taxis every 6 months,
5.4 million dead in Congo cos of a war over precious metals
Think of all the gold and diamonds and coltan
Coltan is used in phones, where does it come from?
People get raped and murdered in Congo cos people in taxis get drunk and lose stuff.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• War
• Congo
• protest
• acoustic
• folk
• mobile
• phones
• song
• johann
• hari

[copymycat]

great song, great lyrics. this should definitely have more views. perhaps you should make a video with it - just grab a camera and shoot some night-time images (with real long exposure time) of phones in taxis. just a thought. would be great. the song deserves it.

thanks, play on!