Discover the story of the song > Automatic – Miranda!

The song talks about how things used to be done by hand, like drying laundry outside and writing letters. The protagonist remembers recording the country countdown on a blank cassette and driving all the way to Dallas to buy a dress for Easter, standing in line to pay for gas. They contrast this with the modern age of everything being automatic, and long for the simpler times when things were not so easy but seemed better because people put in the time and effort themselves. The chorus repeats the idea of waiting your turn and doing things by hand, while the bridge and post-chorus reminisce about taking pictures with old-fashioned cameras and cranking down car windows.