I Know What You Want
Oh, TV! Stop depressing us, give us a specimen grin. Everything you say is so
disappointing, give us something that could be worth wanting.
I know what you want, you want something to cheer you up, you want to sit in
a field under the sun. I know what you want, you want to think you're having
fun as you stare into the barrel of a gun.
Sometimes it seems life's so ordinary, never hitting the mark. We're missing
stitches in this close-knit community, they're tearing all our houses down to
build a shopping theme park.
They know what we want, we want something to cheer us up, we want to sit in
a field under the sun.
They know what we want, we want to think we're having fun as we stare into the
barrel of a gun.
The writing's on the wall and it's making my skin crawl. But while Rome burns
they're fiddling the figures, we warm our hands on the flames. They say it's
luxury just stay down on your knees, they toss us the cherry while they're eating
our cake.
Because they know what we want, we want something to cheer us up, we want to
sit in a field under the sun. They know what we want, we want to think we're
having fun as we stare into the barrel of a gun.
© TV Smith
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