The Great TV Rebellion

Have you heard the story
of the day the kids broke free
From the evil oppressor known as the TV
Yes, there used to be these boxes
inside every home
That melted kids brains and
turned them into drones
The kids they were helpless
in front of the tube
Whatever TV told them
they would go do
They never went outside
except to go to a store
And no matter how much stuff they bought they always wanted more
Until the great TV rebellion of 2010
When all the kids turned off their TVs and never turned them on again
They said enough with
all this ya-hooey
I’m going out to play
And all the TVs could do was sit there and watch them walk away

Well most kids were held captive
in this TV-induced haze
Except a few of the very wildest ones that no TV could tame
There was Britney of the Badlands
and Joshua of the Swamp
Maria of the Desert
and Mike of the Vacant Lot
This noble band joined forces with the pigeons and the squirrels
And sent a message of revolution
to every boy and girl:
“From the bondage of the black box let everyone be free
Kids of the world, rise up!
And turn off the TV!”

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It was planned for April 22nd,
4 o’clock in the afternoon Every kid in the whole world knew exactly what to do

Act normal, just sit there
Like a lump on the couch
But the when the clock strikes four
Run for the door
And turn the TV OFF on the way out

Oh the TVs tried to fight back
but they had been unplugged
And all the kids were out in the wilderness
with their toes in the mud
They were climbing trees and scraping knees
and making secret forts
They were collecting stones and bruising bones and making sculptures of all sorts
They were acting out their own stories
singing songs in their own style
After the great TV rebellion
Kids…went…WILD

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© 2007 Amy Martin

Vocals – The Missoula Coyote Choir, Ani DiFranco
Drums & Percussion – Allison Miller
Bass – Todd Sickafoose
Accordion – Julie Wolf
Guitar – Adam Levy
Trumpet – Tanya Darby

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