Television Addict by The Victims (AUS) Lyrics

Read the news the other day
About a boy they threw away
He went out and shot someone
Like some Kojak teleplay

He claimed he was confused
Between fact and fantasy
It seems he spent all of his time
In front of a TV screen

He was a
Television addict
Television addict
Television addict
Television addict
Ah

His lawyer said, "This boy is sick
Blame the ratings for his crime"
They say too much sex and too much violence
On the idiot box spoiled his idiot mind
He was a
Television addict
A television addict
A-A television addict
Television addict
Oh, watch me

Television addict
Television addict
That's right
Television addict
Television addict

Ah, you and me, we spend all of our time
In front of window on the world
Just because I watch Dinah Shore
Doesn’t mean I need a face-lift
Doesn't mean my brain has slipped
Doesn't mean anything
There’s more everything on my mind
Than on any television screen

Oh, we're not dumb (Television addict)
We're not dumb (Television addict)
Ah, we're not dumb (Television addict)
We're-we're-we're-we're not dumb (Television addict)
’Cause I watch, just ’cause I watch Dinah Shore (Television addict)
Just 'cause I watch Mary Tyler Moore
Just because I watch Lucille Ball (Television addict)
Oh, ’cause I watch everything else on that TV screen
I'm dumb, I'm dumb (Television addict)
We're not dumb, we’re not dumb, we're not dumb (Television addict)
[?] if I want to, ah