Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 16:53:36 CST

From: Dave Hall

Subject: Lyrics to Radio, Radio





Radio, Radio (Elvis Costello)

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I was tuned into the shine of the late night dial

Doing anything my radio advised

With everyone of those late night stations

playing songs bringing tears to my eyes

I was seriously thinking about hiding the reciever

When the switch broke cause it's old

They're saying things I can hardly believe

They really think we're getttin' out of control



Radio is the sound salvation

Radio is cleaning up the nation

They say you better listen to the Voice of Reason

But they don;t give you any choice

'Cause they think that it's treason

So you had better do as you were told

You better listen to the radio



I wanna bite the hand that feeds me

I wanna bite that hand so badly

I wanna make them wish they'd never seen me

Some of my freinds sit around every evening

And they worry about the times ahead

But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference

And the promise of an early bed



You either shut up or get cut out

They don't wanna hear about it

It's only inches on the reel to reel

And the radio is in the hands

Of such a lot of fools

Tryin' to anesthetize they way that you feel



Radio is the sound salvation

Radio is cleaning up the nation

They say you better listen to the Voice Of Reason

But they don't give any choice

'Cause they think that its treason

So you had better do as you were told

You better listen to the radio



Wonderful Radio

Nothing Less than Radio

Radio, Radio