John Fogerty “I Saw it on TV“

They sent us home to watch the show comin’ on the little screen A man named Ike was in the white house, big black limousine There were many shows to follow, from ’Hooter’ to Doodyville Though I saw them all, I can’t recall which cartoon was real The coon-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 set 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 comin’ 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 their 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 counte