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Television Rules

from WESTERN EYES by Western Eyes

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So, yes we listened to (and went to see) Graham Parker, The Jam, The Clash, The Heartbreakers, Iggy, etc. etc. etc. circa 1979.... I wrote the lyrics for "Televison Rules," and did fairy dust guitar stuff. Andrew wrote the basic riff and Ron wrote the melody, etc. On the LP version "got" was changed to "have," which showed great grammatical maturity, if I say so myself.

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The other day when I got home
There were strangers in my room
They make me want what I don't want
They make me wish I had it all
Television rules
And look what they have
Feature stories of celebrity romance
Is that what I want

The fantasies that follow me everywhere I go
Is based on another artificial world
Another true-to-life show

Television rules
Feature stories of celebrity romance
Is that what I want

And when I start thinking that it's not so bad
You remind me
The promises I made in outer space
All parachuted down behind me

And look what they have
Feature stories of celebrity romance
Is that what I want

Don't make me live by your television rules

Now I don’t look at your picture
When ‘m talking on the phone
Now I don't really mean what I say
When I say I'd rather be alone

Television rules

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from WESTERN EYES, track released June 1, 1984
Music/Lyrics by Halbreich, Poss, Spitzer

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Robert Poss New York, New York

Composer and guitarist Robert Poss was a founding member of Band Of Susans,
 which Rolling Stone Magazine described as "adamantly arty, brainy,
 visceral and bracing." Tape Op
 Magazine described him as a “guitar genius, drone meister …the master
 of treated and manipulated guitars.” ... more

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