When I was ten years old

I remember thinking how cool it would be

When we were going on an eight-hour drive

If I could just watch TV

And I'd have given anything

To have my own Pac-Man game at home

I used to have to get a ride down to the arcade

Now I've got it on my phone Hey, glory, glory, hallelujah

Welcome to the future My grandpa was in World War 2

He fought against the Japanese

He wrote a hundred letters to my grandma

Mailed them from his base in the Philippines

I wish they could see this now

The world they saved has changed you know

'Cause I was on a video chat this morning

With a company in Tokyo Hey, everyday's a revolution

Welcome to the future Hey, look around it's all so clear

Hey, wherever we were going, well we're here

Hey, so many things I never thought I'd see

Happening right in front of me I had a friend in school

Running back on the football team

They burned a cross in his front yard

For asking out the homecoming queen

I thought about him today

And everybody who'd seen what he'd seen

From a woman on a bus

To a man with a dream Hey, wake up Martin Luther

Welcome to the future

Hey, glory, glory, hallelujah

Welcome to the future