You Am I - Television Addict lyrics

I read the news the other day
About a boy they threw away
He went out and shot someone
Like some goddamn teleplay
He claimed he was confused
Between fact and fantasy
Seems he spent all his time in
Front of a tv screen

(and was a) television addict
His lawyers said this boy was sick
Blaming ratings for his crime
They said too much s and too much violence on
The idiot box blew up his idiot mind

(he was a) television addict watch it

(he was a) television addict

You and me we spend all our time in
Front of the window of the world
And just because I watch Diner
Sure doesn't mean I need a face lift
Doesn't mean my brain has
Skipped doesn't mean anything
There's more going on inside my mind
Than on any television screen

(he was a) television addict

Just because I watch Prisoner
Cop Shop, Fat Cat, humphrey fucking B

(I'm a) television addict