Tele-Vee-Shun

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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 
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realize
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That we got a generation here of 
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staring eyes
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The women never bother getting 
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housework done
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They just sit around gawking at 
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tele-vee-shun!

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The kiddies never run and playing 
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out of door
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On top of that, they never reading 
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books no more
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You ask them, Who's the father of 
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our country, mon?
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They say, Was either Walt Disney or
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 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 
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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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tele-vee-shun

[Verse 2]
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The burgler comes sneaking in and 
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breaks the latch
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While Grandma, she is looking on 
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the wrestling match
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She throws him on the floor 
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although she's ninety years old
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She says, I got him with a 
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stepover toehold!

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I turn on Elvis Presley and my 
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daughter scream
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I fear she have a nervous breakdown
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 '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 
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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 
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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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tele-vee-shun


[Verse 3]
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The children of the country eat 
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their dinner, you bet
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But they eat it sitting in front of
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 the TV set
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They got pudding in their ears, 
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from the north to the south
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From eating while watching, and 
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missing their mouth

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Last night, a very unusual thing 
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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 
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make him burp
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Instead he open his mouth and say, 
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"Wyatt Earp!"

[Bridge]
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Oh, tele-vee-shun
Bb
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 
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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 
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repeat all night
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Both in compatible color and black
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 and white

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Someday, my son grow up and want to
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 go to sea
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So he probably go and try to join 
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U.S. Navy
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He get an aptitude test, mon - now,
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 here's the rub
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They find him best suited for 
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watching Mickey Mouse Club!

[Chorus]
    F
Oh, tele-vee-shun
Bb
Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on 
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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
Bb
Tele-vee-shun
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I'm-a sick from-a looking on 
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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 
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tele-vee-shun