Talking Reality Television Blues Todd Snider

[Verse 1]
Well, come gather 'round and I'll sing you a song
About a crazy old world that was coming along
'Til one day some fool made the decision
To turn on the television
Of course radio reported that we'd all ignore it
And the paper said we had no time for it
But before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle
And we all had a new escape from the world

[Chorus 1]
All tuned in, before too soon
We were watching a man walk on the moon
He made it look as easy as driving a car
Video killed the radio star
I got the talking blues

[Interlude]
Talking blues are easy to do
All you gotta rhyme is a line or two
Rhyme a line or two and then
You don't ever have to rhyme again
See? I can say whatever I want to now
You know, within reason

[Verse 2]
Say sitcom, catchphrase, game show nation
Television soon defied explanation
As the situation took to such a degree
That eventually we'd hear about a cable TV
Of course, free TV news swore we'd ignore it
And that your average family could never afford it
But again they were wrong, eventually
Everybody wanted their MTV