You will choose to stay at home, brother.
For you will be able to do everything you need from your potato couch.
You will be able to don your virtual helmet
and experience the Revolution on 360 degree all-round CGI.
You may choose to view as manga, or Hanna-Barbera, as the Hair-Bear bunch.
Because the Revolution will be televised.
The Revolution will be brought to you by Apple Mac or PC World,
with Nokia and Motorolla providing SMS updates.
The Revolution will show pictures of hopefuls
queueing overnight for the latest audition.
Because the revolution will be televised
The Revolution will be sponsored by Gap,
the Khaki-and-Camel collection, and it will star me, as you.
You will play yourself, or Brad Pitt playing you.
Or you, playing Brad Pitt, playing you.
The Revolution will be smoked, snorted, injected, chased or vapourised.
It will be recorded on mini-TV and kept in the pocket.
The Revolution will be digitised, then transferred to all available formats.
It will appear on your favourite CD as the bonus track.
You will be able to procure it cheap on VHS,
or pay a little bit more for the extra footage on DVD.
Betamax will be available for the old-school, who are more gunshoe than gumshoe,
with their shell-toes and grips. The Revolution will shoot from the hip.
With a soundtrack by Huey Lewis and the News
With remixes available by William Albert, C & C Music Factory and Soul2Soul
Because the revolution will be digitised.
The Revolution will be scratched, spun back and sampled as a loop.
It will appear as the red button on your remote control.
The Revolution will operate a job-share, or flexi-time option,
so you can have it at your leisure.
Because the Revolution will be televised.
The Revolution will be permed, highlighted and set.
It will have its own award ceremony,
with the biggest winners unable to attend
except for via live satelite link,
because of their current Revolutionary commitments.
The Revolution will be a teacup in a storm, or a bottle in a message,
or a door to a key.
The Revolution will always come with fries.
Because the Revolution will be televised.
There’ll be constant broadband live streams of Rodney King being played as a loop.
There will be footage of ground zero 9/11
Played in reverse as the towers rebuild themselves
To remind us of what we’re capable of Because the revolution will be televised
Dramatisation will be produced and directed by George Lucas
Starring Southpark’s Cartman as Bin Laden and George W. Bush as himself
The Revolution will be hard, my brothers,
because it will use viagra, camagra,
oral tightening, hardening of the arteries,
in order to fit inside Ronald’s Happy Meal box
as the free gift.
The Revolution will have a new twist, sponsored by Levi,
with a sticker campaign written in an eligible graffiti-style font.
Because the Revolution will be advertised.
And pay-per-view will have a whole new meaning, brothers.
The Revolution will be available for Gameboy this fall,
and X Box and Gamecube today.
The Revolution will be televised, will be televised, will be televised,
brothers.
Because the Revolution is alive.

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