Lyrics Color TV Blues - Don McLean

Color TV Blues

I got a color TV for a limited time
And you can have it by tonight, it’ll bend your mind
I wouldn’t just sell it to an ordinary fool
Y' have to be sure that the fool has cool
Since you look like a man with heart and soul
If you buy it from me now, you get a free mixing bowl
I’ll even let you have a little button I' got
That says have a nice day, you’re gonna like it a lot
Popular music is the national craze
Rock and Roll stars have the kids in a daze
But twist the knob around for a different point of view
And you’ll twist that knob till it comes unscrewed
There’s only one song that the TV sings and that’s
Pennies From Heaven, while the register rings
So it’s easy to see, right from the start
That what makes good money, makes good art
Now did you read the encyclical that’s written by the Pope
Sayin' folks with private property just got no hope
The rich ain’t welcome in the heavenly Palladium
But the Knights of Columbus own Yankee Stadium
Now I ain’t sayin' that the Pope was wrong
But he can easily afford to sing that song
If you’d like to call him up when you need some dough
His number’s Et Cum Spiri 2 2 0
The kids that fought the war are livin' outa state
And the CIA is runnin' things of late
When we elect a man, we put him on the spot
'cause if he don’t play ball, he might get shot
The national security keeps it from the voters
'cause what’s good for America isn’t good for General Motors
We went and found ourselves some mighty strange lovers
The kind that like to blow from underneath the covers
Well millions can avoid with Dr Sigmund Freud
Those realities of life that tend to make me paranoid
Lookin' for the answer just gives me indigestion
I spent so much time, just dealin' with the question
We’d rather talk of dollars and forget about events
When what we have to decide is;
Does it all make sense?
Well everybody’s happy, I saw it on the news
But me, I' got a case of color TV blues
You know, just 'cause you’re paranoid
Doesn’t mean they’re not trying t' get ya'