Transfixated on the big blue screen It's your window to the outside a melancholy dream Amedium upon which you build reality This episodic currency That everybody needs Somebody's delivery lulls you to sleep The man behind the weather map the editor in chief They control two worlds power and disease And you cannot suppress your curiosity But see it's only entertainment Superficial urgency Posterboard mentality Only entertainment Tightly constrained The buzz that remains Is the story of how we run our lives Many are the people poor and suffering From the lack of coverage from the transmission beam And if it ever gets here you'll be offended too 'Cause you cannot distinguish chicanery from truth See it's only entertainment A superficial episode as life continues to unfold Only entertainment Controlled an copied They've planted the seed That sprouts into your picture of the world Can't someone protect me? (turn away, turn away) From this electron beam, (turn away, turn away) Hey you, Mr. FCC, (turn away, turn away) Have you no device for me? (turn away, turn away) (Turn away, turn away) See it's only entertainment Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah