Robyn Hitchcock - Watch Your Intelligence lyrics

(Ah, rock your brains, honey)

When the baby comes out you
Have to thank the midwife
Into consciousness swims the fish
Turned human son as they hack away the
Umbilical with a breadknife
That's when somebody turns the television on

Then the baby lies down to
Breathe upon the table
That's as long as nobody cooks it by mistake
Get a mammary gland to keep it feeling stable
And a little TV to keep it'self awake
(Oh, it's the Flintstones)

Watch your intelligence
Damaged goods are good for nothing
Watch your intelligence
Do not adjust your mind

(C'mon, ruby baby)

Then the baby grows up to be a young consumer
People selling it things it
Doesn't really need
But whoever set this one up
Had a sense of humour
'Cos inside every baby there's more baby seed

Watch your intelligence
Damaged goods are good for nothing
Watch your intelligence
Do not adjust your mind

It's not a TV set, it's not a TV set
It's not a TV set, it's my home, I live here
Don't touch
It's not a TV set, I'm not a TV set
It's my home, thank you
Very much, good night, whoa

So you think your mother is a television
And your father is probably a restricted drug
Ain't it hard to grow up
And make your own decisions
When you're under hypnosis
Staring like a bug? Watch your intelligence
Damaged goods are good for nothing
Watch your intelligence
Do not adjust my mind

It's not a TV set, it's not a TV set
(you got a family, you own a flag)
It's my home, I live here, Donald!
(you got a television, you know, I want
To think it's kind of a trinity, you know)
It's not a goddamn television
It's not a goddamn television
(I mean, the father, the son
And the holy ghost
And the Tom Selleck and the)
You can't turn people on and off
They're not appliances!

It's not a guarantee, it's not a guarantee
There is no guarantee, there
Ain't no nothing, nothing
Nothing at all there ain't nothing at all