words by Joe Jackson; music by Joe Jackson and Steve Tatler)



Here we stand -

(remote control buttons in our sweaty little hands)

As one man -

(we're lining up and waiting for someone's command)

We don't move -

(we send out for food, get the news on video)

I can prove -

(there's no need for movies, we got HBO)

In the

T.V. age



They're out there somewhere

(You know the force has got a lot of power - but what makes you think it

gives a shit about you... who are you anyway?)

They're taking over

(And i believe - the aliens have to take a physical form on our planet

- so why not one with 13 channels...)

They're out there somewhere



Times must change

(This ain't the stone age, we don't have rocks in our heads)

What's so strange -

(We don't work no more, so why get out of bed)



T.V. rules -

(Pretty soon we won't be able to turn it off at all)

All you fools -

(Then it'll turn you off - your backs against the wall)

In the -

T.V. age



(C) 1982 by Albion Music Ltd. Administered in the U.S. and Canada

by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP