I saw it on T.V.
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1. They sent us home to watch the show coming on the little screen.
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A man named "Ike" was in the White House, big black limousine.
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There were many shows to follow, from Hooter to Doodyville.
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Though I saw them all I can't recall which cartoon was real.
2. The coonskin caps, Yankee bats; The Hound Dog Man's big start.
The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears; I lusted in my heart.
A young man from Boston set sail to the new frontier
and we watched the dream dead end in Dallas. They buried innocence that year.
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Refr. I know it's true, oh, so true, 'cause I saw it on T.V.
3. We gathered 'round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen.
The grief had passed, the old men laughed and all the girls screamed
'cause four guys from England took us all by the hand.
It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band.
4. But all too soon we hit the moon and covered up the sky.
They built their bombs and aimed their guns and still I don't know why.
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared.
Every night at six they showed the pictures and counted up the score.
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5. The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch.
"The light", he says, "at the end of the tunnel was nothing but a burglar's torch.
And them that was caught in the cover are all rich and free
but they chained my mind to an endless tomb when they took my only son from me."
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