All the poets that surround me are damned damned damned 
But what they see holy imagery 
Our only power to intercede 
In the TV screen talking head scene 
Yeah the mind control of this media machine is 500 years deep here 
And every sub/counter culture has been bought and sold 
And cross marketing it is the only way to go 
We all drink Che cola and wear fight the system ts 
We're all watching it play by play on our new television screens 
Yeah the revolution is televised widely advertised 
Clever marketing schemes on that idealized dream 
And if the masses want their self destruction who am I to say 
Distrust your tv screens distrust authority 
And brand name anything 
Socially we think we are so advanced everyone is a practitioner of PC 
While behind our backs we're buying tickets to that Hollywood comedy 
And we laugh at rape laugh at violence laugh at hate 
Because laughter is the best medicine to keep us doped up and unenlightened 
Meanwhile we let the conservative right-wingers 
Put the queers through their righteous voting poll ringers 
While we sit at home and watch TV so we know what to wear how to think 
What to do if our neighbor starts looking like a terrorist