They sent us home to watch the show comin' 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.
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The coon-skin caps, Yankee bats, the "Hound Dog" man's big start;
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The A-Bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.
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A young man from Boston set sail the new frontier,
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And we watched the Dream dead-end in Dallas,
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They buried innocence that year.
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I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
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We gathered round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen,
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The grief had passed, the old men laughed, and all the girls screamed
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'Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand,
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It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band.
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But all too soon, we hit the moon, and covered up the sky;
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They built their bombs, and aimed their guns, and still I don't know why
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The dominoes tumbled and big business roared;
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Every night at six, they showed the pictures and counted up the score.
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I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
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The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch;
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"The light," he says "At the end of the tunnel,
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Was nothin' but a burglar's torch."
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And them that was caught in the Cover are all rich and free,
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But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
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When they took my only son from me.
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I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
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I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
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I Saw It On TV
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| John Fogerty |
