oh rodney won't you play this song tonight? 

O radio can you save my soul tonight? 

Cause we saw you standing there 

please don't deny it 

waiting for the show to start 

I left feeling low -- did you feel the same way I did? 

Alone with a broken heart 

so radio radio get us through the night 

when pop heroes go down without a fight 

500 parkas were in the house tonight 

looking good and feeling right 

cigarettes were burning bright 

that dance hall it was out of sight! 

Time to set this place alight 

but let's be honest now 

now let the truth be told 

the only salvation for us tonight is to turn on the radio 

so rodney -- we need you tonight 

oh rodney won't you play this song tonight? 

O radio can you save our ship tonight? 

And now I guess the night is done 

there's nothing's left open and no place for fun 

so we turn on the radio 

light a fuse cause i'm about to blow 

the streets are empty 

my heart is heavy 

so slowly I will go 

by the neon lights of the city glow 

(chorus) 

just pick one out for me 

make it loud and hard and fast 

play the songs that we love 

cause the modern world just kicked our ass 

just pick one out for us 

loud and deep and true 

play the songs that we love 

when the heroes still came through