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Tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun. I'm sick of it
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Tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
[Verse 1]
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Hey, Mister General Public, do you realize
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That we got a generation here of staring eyes
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The women never bother getting housework done
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They just sit around gawking at tele-vee-shun!
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The kiddies never run and playing out of door
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On top of that, they never reading books no more
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You ask them, Who's the father of our country, mon?
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They say, Was either Walt Disney or Ed Sullivan!
[Chorus]
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Oh, tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on tele-vee-shun
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I got a weak in the eyes
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Weak in the head likewise
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From sitting and looking on tele-vee-shun
[Verse 2]
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The burgler comes sneaking in and breaks the latch
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While Grandma, she is looking on the wrestling match
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She throws him on the floor although she's ninety years old
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She says, I got him with a stepover toehold!
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I turn on Elvis Presley and my daughter scream
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I fear she have a nervous breakdown 'cause of him
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I wonder why he wiggle-waggle to the beat
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As a boy, he must have had a loose bicycle seat
{Chorus]
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Oh, tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on tele-vee-shun
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I got a weak in the eyes
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Weak in the head likewise
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From sitting and looking on tele-vee-shun
[Verse 3]
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The children of the country eat their dinner, you bet
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But they eat it sitting in front of the TV set
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They got pudding in their ears, from the north to the south
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From eating while watching, and missing their mouth
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Last night, a very unusual thing occurred
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The baby, he is saying his very first word
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I have him on my shoulder for to make him burp
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Instead he open his mouth and say, "Wyatt Earp!"
[Bridge]
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Oh, tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun. Take it away
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Tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
[Verse 4]
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I watch the Late Late Movie, and I climb the stairs
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Get into bed, and have tele-vee-shun nightmares
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Complete with bad commercials that repeat all night
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Both in compatible color and black and white
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Someday, my son grow up and want to go to sea
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So he probably go and try to join U.S. Navy
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He get an aptitude test, mon - now, here's the rub
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They find him best suited for watching Mickey Mouse Club!
[Chorus]
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Oh, tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on tele-vee-shun
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I got a weak in the eyes
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Weak in the head likewise
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From sitting and looking on
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(Sing it again, mon!)
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Tele-vee-shun
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Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on tele-vee-shun
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I got a weak in the eyes
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The you-know-what likewise
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From sitting and looking on tele-vee-shun
