Television, the Drug of the Nation
๐ต 3727 characters
โฑ๏ธ 6:38 duration
๐ ID: 1019637
๐ Lyrics
One Nation under God
Has turned into
One Nation under the influence
Of one drug
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V., it's satellite links
Our United States of unconciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
The methadone metronome pumping out
A hundred and fifty channels twentyfour hours a day
You can flip through all of them
And still there's nothing worth watching
T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think Central America
Means Kansas
Socialism means unamerican
And Apartheid is a new headache remedy
Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the most
Maybe the mother of our Nation
Should remind us
That we're sitting to close to
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is
The stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woods
Are chased by Grecian Formula'd
Bald eagles
T.V. is mechanized politic's
Remote control over the masses
Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
Watch for the PBS special
It's the perpetuation of the two party system
Where image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served to
The fastfood culture
Where straight teeth in your mouth
Are more important than the words
That come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
Because a child watches fifteen hundred murders before he's
Twelve years old and then we wonder how we've created
A Jason generation that learns to laugh
Rather than abhor the horror
T.V. is the place where
Armchair generals and quarterbacks can
Experience first hand
The excitement of video warfare
As the theme song is sung in the background
Sugar sweet sitcoms
That leave us with a bad actor taste while
Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that I support
Would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
On Television
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Back again, "New and Improved"
We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
Beer and car commericals
CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"Virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
"Light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
Have become standard
T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
And being killed by your own Army
Is now called "friendly fire"
T.V. is the place where the pursuit
Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
By a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
That would create a cripple
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Has turned into
One Nation under the influence
Of one drug
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V., it's satellite links
Our United States of unconciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
The methadone metronome pumping out
A hundred and fifty channels twentyfour hours a day
You can flip through all of them
And still there's nothing worth watching
T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think Central America
Means Kansas
Socialism means unamerican
And Apartheid is a new headache remedy
Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the most
Maybe the mother of our Nation
Should remind us
That we're sitting to close to
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is
The stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woods
Are chased by Grecian Formula'd
Bald eagles
T.V. is mechanized politic's
Remote control over the masses
Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
Watch for the PBS special
It's the perpetuation of the two party system
Where image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served to
The fastfood culture
Where straight teeth in your mouth
Are more important than the words
That come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
Because a child watches fifteen hundred murders before he's
Twelve years old and then we wonder how we've created
A Jason generation that learns to laugh
Rather than abhor the horror
T.V. is the place where
Armchair generals and quarterbacks can
Experience first hand
The excitement of video warfare
As the theme song is sung in the background
Sugar sweet sitcoms
That leave us with a bad actor taste while
Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that I support
Would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
On Television
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Back again, "New and Improved"
We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
Beer and car commericals
CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"Virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
"Light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
Have become standard
T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
And being killed by your own Army
Is now called "friendly fire"
T.V. is the place where the pursuit
Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
By a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
That would create a cripple
Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:30.32] One Nation under God
[00:34.83] Has turned into
[00:35.78] One Nation under the influence
[00:37.93] Of one drug
[00:41.20] Television, the drug of the Nation
[00:43.72] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[00:47.14] On television, the drug of the Nation
[00:49.98] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[00:52.98] T.V., it's satellite links
[00:54.65] Our United States of unconciousness
[00:57.69] Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
[01:03.13] The methadone metronome pumping out
[01:05.67] A hundred and fifty channels twentyfour hours a day
[01:09.16] You can flip through all of them
[01:11.05] And still there's nothing worth watching
[01:13.94] T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
[01:17.25] Nation reads books daily
[01:19.25] Why most people think Central America
[01:21.10] Means Kansas
[01:22.46] Socialism means unamerican
[01:24.87] And Apartheid is a new headache remedy
[01:30.51] Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
[01:33.68] It shapes our minds the most
[01:36.25] Maybe the mother of our Nation
[01:38.01] Should remind us
[01:39.33] That we're sitting to close to
[01:41.81] Television, the drug of the Nation
[01:44.57] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[01:48.20] On television, the drug of the Nation
[01:50.80] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[01:53.30] T.V. is
[01:54.12] The stomping ground for political candidates
[01:56.93] Where bears in the woods
[01:58.08] Are chased by Grecian Formula'd
[01:59.65] Bald eagles
[02:01.04] T.V. is mechanized politic's
[02:06.50] Remote control over the masses
[02:08.99] Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
[02:12.22] Watch for the PBS special
[02:14.78] It's the perpetuation of the two party system
[02:17.95] Where image takes precedence over wisdom
[02:21.22] Where sound bite politics are served to
[02:24.01] The fastfood culture
[02:25.73] Where straight teeth in your mouth
[02:27.20] Are more important than the words
[02:29.37] That come out of it
[02:31.25] Race baiting is the way to get selected
[02:34.45] Willie Horton or
[02:35.32] Will he not get elected on
[02:36.65] Television, the drug of the Nation
[02:39.30] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[02:42.49] On television, the drug of the Nation
[02:45.47] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[02:58.48] T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
[03:02.34] Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
[03:04.98] Because a child watches fifteen hundred murders before he's
[03:08.82] Twelve years old and then we wonder how we've created
[03:12.05] A Jason generation that learns to laugh
[03:14.86] Rather than abhor the horror
[03:20.61] T.V. is the place where
[03:22.45] Armchair generals and quarterbacks can
[03:24.85] Experience first hand
[03:26.33] The excitement of video warfare
[03:29.08] As the theme song is sung in the background
[03:32.54] Sugar sweet sitcoms
[03:34.59] That leave us with a bad actor taste while
[03:38.13] Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
[03:42.15] You saw the video
[03:44.28] You heard the soundtrack
[03:46.25] Well now go buy the soft drink
[03:48.33] Well, the only cola that I support
[03:50.93] Would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
[03:54.08] On Television
[03:55.45] Television, the drug of the Nation
[03:57.05] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[04:00.07] On television, the drug of the Nation
[04:02.63] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[04:12.72] Back again, "New and Improved"
[04:18.61] We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
[04:22.04] Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
[04:24.36] Beer and car commericals
[04:27.02] CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
[04:33.12] Where oxymoronic language like
[04:38.33] "Virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
[04:42.11] "Light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
[04:45.77] Have become standard
[04:49.02] T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
[04:54.13] Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
[04:55.23] "Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
[04:57.88] "Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
[05:00.75] And being killed by your own Army
[05:03.29] Is now called "friendly fire"
[05:11.44] T.V. is the place where the pursuit
[05:13.89] Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
[05:16.97] Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
[05:21.08] Where imagination is sucked out of children
[05:25.28] By a cathode ray nipple
[05:27.70] T.V. is the only wet nurse
[05:30.63] That would create a cripple
[05:33.07] Television, the drug of the Nation
[05:38.26] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:39.57] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:42.62] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:44.94] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:47.72] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:51.27] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:53.31] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[06:16.05]
[00:34.83] Has turned into
[00:35.78] One Nation under the influence
[00:37.93] Of one drug
[00:41.20] Television, the drug of the Nation
[00:43.72] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[00:47.14] On television, the drug of the Nation
[00:49.98] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[00:52.98] T.V., it's satellite links
[00:54.65] Our United States of unconciousness
[00:57.69] Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
[01:03.13] The methadone metronome pumping out
[01:05.67] A hundred and fifty channels twentyfour hours a day
[01:09.16] You can flip through all of them
[01:11.05] And still there's nothing worth watching
[01:13.94] T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
[01:17.25] Nation reads books daily
[01:19.25] Why most people think Central America
[01:21.10] Means Kansas
[01:22.46] Socialism means unamerican
[01:24.87] And Apartheid is a new headache remedy
[01:30.51] Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
[01:33.68] It shapes our minds the most
[01:36.25] Maybe the mother of our Nation
[01:38.01] Should remind us
[01:39.33] That we're sitting to close to
[01:41.81] Television, the drug of the Nation
[01:44.57] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[01:48.20] On television, the drug of the Nation
[01:50.80] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[01:53.30] T.V. is
[01:54.12] The stomping ground for political candidates
[01:56.93] Where bears in the woods
[01:58.08] Are chased by Grecian Formula'd
[01:59.65] Bald eagles
[02:01.04] T.V. is mechanized politic's
[02:06.50] Remote control over the masses
[02:08.99] Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
[02:12.22] Watch for the PBS special
[02:14.78] It's the perpetuation of the two party system
[02:17.95] Where image takes precedence over wisdom
[02:21.22] Where sound bite politics are served to
[02:24.01] The fastfood culture
[02:25.73] Where straight teeth in your mouth
[02:27.20] Are more important than the words
[02:29.37] That come out of it
[02:31.25] Race baiting is the way to get selected
[02:34.45] Willie Horton or
[02:35.32] Will he not get elected on
[02:36.65] Television, the drug of the Nation
[02:39.30] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[02:42.49] On television, the drug of the Nation
[02:45.47] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[02:58.48] T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
[03:02.34] Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
[03:04.98] Because a child watches fifteen hundred murders before he's
[03:08.82] Twelve years old and then we wonder how we've created
[03:12.05] A Jason generation that learns to laugh
[03:14.86] Rather than abhor the horror
[03:20.61] T.V. is the place where
[03:22.45] Armchair generals and quarterbacks can
[03:24.85] Experience first hand
[03:26.33] The excitement of video warfare
[03:29.08] As the theme song is sung in the background
[03:32.54] Sugar sweet sitcoms
[03:34.59] That leave us with a bad actor taste while
[03:38.13] Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
[03:42.15] You saw the video
[03:44.28] You heard the soundtrack
[03:46.25] Well now go buy the soft drink
[03:48.33] Well, the only cola that I support
[03:50.93] Would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
[03:54.08] On Television
[03:55.45] Television, the drug of the Nation
[03:57.05] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[04:00.07] On television, the drug of the Nation
[04:02.63] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[04:12.72] Back again, "New and Improved"
[04:18.61] We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
[04:22.04] Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
[04:24.36] Beer and car commericals
[04:27.02] CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
[04:33.12] Where oxymoronic language like
[04:38.33] "Virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
[04:42.11] "Light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
[04:45.77] Have become standard
[04:49.02] T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
[04:54.13] Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
[04:55.23] "Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
[04:57.88] "Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
[05:00.75] And being killed by your own Army
[05:03.29] Is now called "friendly fire"
[05:11.44] T.V. is the place where the pursuit
[05:13.89] Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
[05:16.97] Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
[05:21.08] Where imagination is sucked out of children
[05:25.28] By a cathode ray nipple
[05:27.70] T.V. is the only wet nurse
[05:30.63] That would create a cripple
[05:33.07] Television, the drug of the Nation
[05:38.26] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:39.57] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:42.62] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:44.94] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:47.72] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[05:51.27] On television, the drug of the Nation
[05:53.31] Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
[06:16.05]