Well I rolled out of my bed

I was feeling semi-dead

So I wandered from the bedroom

To the coffee

Then I woke up to the sound

Of little people all around

Relentless noises

From that T.V. there beside me

And they told what to wear

How to smell and do my hair

And how to charge the new car

I'll be buying

I just sat and soaked it in

Aren't these people all my friends

It never dawned on us

That they could all be lying

People in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live

In specific generalities

People in a box

Out of bed and tune em in

How much do I learn

From people in a box

Well I completely bought it all

Revolving credit wall to wall

Without a payment till September eighty-nine

Can I run

Can I escape

Are they alive or just on tape

They seem so worldly

And so welcome to the eye

Heavy pressure from the start

T.V. madness stole our heart

Black and white and vivid color

Turned to grey

Daytime soaps they're not clean

Nightime cops

Blast thru our screen

We're a Neilsen rating living on display

People in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live

In specific generalities

People in a box

Out of bed and tune em in

How much do I learn

From people in a box

Are these sultans of video activity

Truly the masters of my destiny

Was I created in the image of Trinitron

Can Jesus ever endorse mediocrity

While we consume hours of programmed philosophy

Will we ever learn off

Is as easy to turn as on

People in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live

In specific generalities

People in a box

Out of bed and tune em in

How much do I learn

From people in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live

In specific generalities

People in a box

Out of bed and tune em in

How much do I learn

People in a box

T.V. personalities

They show me how to live