Drone Over My Lawn

[Verse 1]
I’m Jim, just mowin’ my lawn on a Sunday,
Sweatin’ through my shirt, keepin’ things tidy,
Grass looks fine, or so I reckoned,
Then I hear a buzz, like a robot’s beckoned,
A drone from the HOA, hoverin’ low,
Measurin’ my blades down to the decimal, ya know.

(sigh) Great, now I’m a lawn criminal.

[Chorus]
Buzz, buzz, drone in the sky,
Watchin’ my yard, gonna make me cry,
Fine me for grass, fine me for pride,
HOA’s got nowhere to hide.

[Verse 2]
It’s not just the lawn, got a flag on my porch,
Stars and stripes, been there since the Fourth,
Drone takes a pic, sends a digital note,
“Flag’s divisive, might upset a vote,”
I’m standin’ there dumb, with my mower in hand,
Wonderin’ when freedom got a fine and a ban.

(spoken) And that’s when I knew we’re all screwed.

[Chorus]
Buzz, buzz, drone in the sky,
Watchin’ my yard, gonna make me cry,
Fine me for grass, fine me for pride,
HOA’s got nowhere to hide.

[Bridge]
Now it’s loggin’ my grill, says smoke’s too thick,
Reports my dog for a “threatening lick,”
I’m billed three hundred for a quarter-inch sin,
Big Brother’s a drone with a bureaucratic grin.

[Chorus]
Buzz, buzz, drone in the sky,
Watchin’ my yard, gonna make me cry,
Fine me for grass, fine me for pride,
HOA’s got nowhere to hide.

[Outro]
I just wanna mow without this damn fight,
But hell, I’m broke under drone spotlight.