John Fogerty - I Saw It on T.V. lyrics

They sent us home to watch the
Show coming on the little screen
A man named Ike was in the
White House big black limousine
There were many shows that followed
From hooter to dootyville
Though I saw them all I can't
Recall which cartoons were real
The coons skin caps, Yankee bats
The Hound Dog man's big start
The A bomb fears
Annette had ears - I lusted in my heart
A young man from Boston said
"sail the new frontier"
And we watched the dream dead end in Dallas
They buried innocence that year

I know it's true oh so true
Cause I saw it on TV
We gathered round to hear the sound
Coming on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
And all the girls screamed
Cause four guys from England took
Us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing
Time to join the band

But all too soon
We hit the moon and covered up the sky
They built the bombs and aimed their guns
And still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared
Every night at six they showed the
Pictures and counted up the score

I know it's true oh so true
Cause I saw it on TV
We gathered round to hear the sound
Coming on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
And all the girls screamed
Cause four guys from England took
Us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing
Time to join the band

The old man rocks among his dreams
A prisoner of the porch
The light he said at the end of the tunnel
Was nothing but a burglar's torch
And them that was caught in the
Cover are all rich and free
But they chained my mind to an endless tune
When they took my only son from me

I know it's true oh so true
Cause I saw it on TV
We gathered round to hear the sound
Coming on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
And all the girls screamed
Cause four guys from England took
Us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing
Time to join the band

I know it's true oh so true
Cause I saw it on TV
We gathered round to hear the sound
Coming on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
And all the girls screamed
Cause four guys from England took
Us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing
Time to join the band