Television the Drug of a Nation

some words

to breed

apathetic

to pump out

remedy

a special

to abhor

to take precedence over

commercials

spotless

wet nurse

One Nation under God

has turned into
One Nation under the influence
of one drug

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V., it satellite links
our United States of _____________
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely ____________
the methadone metronome pumping out
a 150 channels 24 hours a day
you can _______ through all of them
and still there's nothing worth watching

T.V. is the reason why ________ than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think Central America
means _________
Socialism means ____________
and __________ is a new headache remedy

absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the most
maybe the _________ of our Nation
should remind us
that we're sitting ____ close to. . .

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. is
the stomping ground for political ___________
Where bears in the woods
are chased by Grecian Formula'd
bald eagles

T.V. is ___________ politics

remote control over the _________
co-sponsored by environmentally safe ________
watch for the PBS special

It's the _____________ of the two party system
where image takes precedence over __________
Where _____  _______ politics are served to
the fast-food culture

Where straight teeth in your mouth
are more important than the _______
that come out of it
Race ________ is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on . . .

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. is it the _____________ or the director?
Does it imitate us or do we __________ it
Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's
twelve years old and we wonder how we've created
a Jason ____________ that learns to laugh
rather than abhor the __________

T.V. is the place where
____________ generals and quarterbacks can
experience first hand
the excitement of video __________
as the theme song is sung in the _____________

Sugar sweet sitcoms
that leave us with a bad actor taste while
pop stars _______________ into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that I support
would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance)
On Television.

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and Improved",
we return to our irregularly programmed __________
hidden ___________ between heavy breasted
beer and car commercials

CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
Where ____________ language like
"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
have become ___________

T.V. is the place where phrases are ____________
like "recession" to "necessary ___________"
"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
and being killed by your own Army
is now called "__________ fire"

T.V. is the place where the _________
of happiness has become the pursuit of _________
Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
Where ____________ is sucked out of children
by a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
that would create a _________

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On Television . . .

Television

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