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He came in on the video screen
Selling images from the start
A superhero with Yul Brynner eyes
With flash and glitz and smarts
With Saturday morning spectacle
Beaming 24 hours a day
The picture song, the new icon
Of the cable media age
His press is so impressive
And such cinema graphic delight
With all your favorite songs and stars
To while away the night
And you just stopped by
For a three-minute ride
That dazzles and grabs your eye
Keeps you glued to the tube
'Til you snap and revive
By thеn it's 1999
We're watching Captain Video
Hе's not so sure which way to go
Sometimes he's friendly
Sometimes offends me
Oh, my, Captain Video
Captain Video, Captain Video
Well, in many ways, the Captain is good
And when he's bad, he's very bad
He's moved us to a new art form
And he's more than a passing fad
It's not his talents that cause distress
But excesses in his style
If it's garbage in, it's garbage out
It's content that's on trial
We're watching Captain Video
He's not so sure which way to go
Sometimes he's friendly
Sometimes offends me
Oh, my, oh my, Captain Video
Captain Video, Captain Video
So, here's the warning for the label
That it's easy to overdose
He invades the mind, consumes the time
He's the entertainment host
He's touting scores of modern prototypes
While the cash registers whine
But if the model is wrong the seeds could spoil
The crop of tomorrow's minds
We're watching Captain Video
He's not so sure which way to go
Sometimes he's friendly
Sometimes offends me
We're watching Captain Video
He's not so sure which way to go
Sometimes he's friendly
Sometimes offends me
Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my, Captain Video
Captain Video, Captain Video
Captain Video
Credits
Farrell and Farrell

Farrell and Farrell

About “Captain Video” by Farrell and Farrell

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"Captain Video" appears on "Manifesto".

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