People In A Box

Well I rolled out of my bed

I was feeling semi-dead

so I wandered from the bedroom

to the coffee

Then I woke up to the sound

of little people all around

and it was noises from that TV

there beside me

And they told me what to wear

how to smell and do my hair

and how to charge a new car

I'll be buying

I just sat and soaked it in

are these people all my friends?

never dawned on us

that they could all be lying...

(Chorus)

People in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live

In specific generalities

People in a box

Out of bed

tune 'em in

How much do I learn

from people in a box?

Well I completely bought it all

revolving credit wall to wall

without a payment to September '89

Can I run? Can I escape?

Are they alive, or just on tape?

They seem so worldly

and so welcome to the eye

Heavy pressure from the start

T.V. madness filled our heart

Black and White, and living color

turned to gray.

Daytime soaps - they're not clean

Nighttime cops blast through our screen

We're a Nielson Rating

living on display.

--Repeat Chorus--

(spoken verse)

Are these sultans of video activity

truly the masters of my destiny?

Was I created in the image

of Trinitron?

Can Jesus ever endorse mediocrity

while we consume hours of program philosopy?

Will we ever learn that off

is as easy to turn, as on?

Heavy pressure from the start

T.V. madness filled our heart

Black and White, and living color

turned to gray.

Daytime soaps - they're not clean

Nighttime cops blast through our screen