Mix Tape
Jim's Big Ego Lyrics

This song could be between any two others
The song can fit anywhere on your mix tape

You only hear it when you play it on your mix tape
The song is unique to your mix tape and is not heard anywhere else

Made for you by your best friend before you left home
The mix tape is a gift from a close friend before you moved away

You played it all the way to a new town
Your mix tape was the soundtrack for your journey to a new location

In the middle of the b side of your mix tape
The song is strategically placed in the middle of your mix tape's b-side

Downloaded it from the web burned it onto a disc
The song was downloaded from the internet and burned onto a CD format

Bounced it on a cassette cause it's an old car
The song was transferred to cassette tape as it's an old car with no CD player

And you don't know what band is playing
The song's artist is unidentified

And you made up a name to name this song
You gave the song a custom name as its actual title is unknown

'cause you lost that piece of paper
You misplaced the song's identifier

Now it's just a thing you've made to pass along
The song has now become your custom creation to share with others

Your cassette player's gone the way of the Dodo
Your cassette player is obsolete and no longer functional

You only keep it now to listen to your mix tapes
You only use it to listen to your custom mix tapes that are not available elsewhere

'cause all of your cds sound to sterile and clean
You prefer the raw and authentic sound of mix tapes as opposed to the pristine sound of CDs

All those squeaky little ones and zeros
CDs are made up of digitally encoded ones and zeros that create a synthetic and unnatural sound

It does things to your brain takes you back to that day
The song triggers memories and takes you back to a specific time and place in your past

Like a time machine it's future retro
The song has the ability to transport you to the past, but also has a futuristic quality to it

And I don't know what's wrong with people
The artist is expressing confusion towards people who restrict access to music

Who think that music should be locked away
The artist is criticizing those who don't share music with others

Which got them into the business in the first place?
The artist is implying that sharing music is what led people to become involved in the music industry in the first place

Or whatever new gizmos are coming our way
New technologies are emerging to deliver music to us in different ways

You mix it up for your friends and play
You create custom mix tapes for your friends to enjoy