TV Story (B-side) - Phil Collins

Simpson family hardly spoke

With seven kids, it wasn’t a joke

Just meeting at night on the sofa

All trying to watch TV

Tucked away in North West Three

Car in the garage, but dad lost the key

So no-one leaves, not even for school

Place is a mess, but the game shows are cool

Someday, they’ll get a life

Put away the remote control

Smell the roses 'fore you get old

Hey you, get a life

Turn it off and throw it away

Wake up and walk away

'Cause grandma, granddad, remember the days

Before the one-eyed monster came

Nobody listens as they say all this

Cause everybody’s glued

Lunch and dinner in front of the box

Nobody moves, if somebody knocks

Nobody ever hears the phone

Conversation’s a memory

Someday, they’ll get a life

With the remote control in the bin

Wave to the world you’re living in

One day, they’ll get a life

But at the moment, it’s out of their reach

A life of luxury on the beach

One fine day, a challenge was thrown

By a man at the door in an Escort

«All this could be yours"he said with a grin

Your dream, complete with passport

Challenge was to see, if they could change

TV dinners were all that remained

The men from the game show took the set

Could they survive without it?

Well, mum and dad learned to laugh again

Kids went out and made some friends

All because of the empty space

Standing in the corner

Hey now, they’ve got a life

Remote control’s nowhere to be seen

That’s made 'em the dishes clean

Oh yeah, it’s a brand new life

So go put on your dancing shoes

Shout it out and spread the news

Oh yeah, it’s a brand new life

(Get a brand new life!)

It’s out there somewhere

(Don't just settle for second best!)

Oh yeah, a brand new life

(Call now!)

Just waiting for you someplace somewhere

(All this could be yours and more!)

Oh yeah, it’s a brand new life

(All you have to do is survive for it!)

It’s out there somewhere

(Don't just sit there now!)

Oh yeah, a brand new life

(Get 'em one, just go get 'em one!)

Just waiting for you someplace somewhere

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