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 
Television, the drug of the Nation 
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation 

T.V. it 
satellite links 
our United States of Unconsciousness 
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive 
The methadone metronome pumping out 
150 channels 24 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 10 per cent of our 
Nation reads books daily 
Why most people think Central Amerika 
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 mind the most 
maybe the mother of our Nation 
should remind us 
that we're sitting too close to... 

Television, the drug of the Nation 
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation 
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-sponsored 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 
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 1500 murders before he's 
twelve years old and we wonder why we've created 
a Jason generation that learns to laugh 
rather than to abhor the horror 
T.V. is the place where 
armchair generals and quarterbacks can 
experience first hand 
the excitement of 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 onla 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 
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 commercials 
CNNESPNABCTNT 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 
Television, the drug of the Nation 
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation