T.v. Age Lyrics

(words by Joe Jackson; music by Joe Jackson and Steve Tatler)

Here we stand -
 (remote control buttons in our sweaty little hands)
As one man -
 (we're lining up and waiting for someone's command)
We don't move -
 (we send out for food, get the news on video)
I can prove -
 (there's no need for movies, we got HBO)
In the
T.V. age

They're out there somewhere
 (You know the force has got a lot of power - but what makes you think it 
  gives a shit about you... who are you anyway?)
They're taking over
 (And i believe - the aliens have to take a physical form on our planet 
  - so why not one with 13 channels...)
They're out there somewhere

Times must change
 (This ain't the stone age, we don't have rocks in our heads)
What's so strange -
 (We don't work no more, so why get out of bed)

T.V. rules -
 (Pretty soon we won't be able to turn it off at all)
All you fools -
 (Then it'll turn you off - your backs against the wall)
In the -
T.V. age 

(C) 1982 by Albion Music Ltd. Administered in the U.S. and Canada 
by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP)