Turn Off the Television

Psychedelic 60s pop-rock pastiche, jangly electric guitars and warm Hofner-style bass, Ringo-ish tom fills into big tambourine choruses, Male vocals with stacked double-tracks on the hook, close-room drums, tape slap on the vocal, Bridge goes dreamy with Leslie’d guitar and ooh-la-la backing, then snaps back into a joyous singalong outro, theme

[Verse 1] Headlines screaming from the corner Plastic faces Pointing guns Someone selling me a nightmare Like it’s candy for my tongue But there’s glitter on my jacket Paper flowers in my hair I got bootlegs of the 60s Spinning circles in the air [Chorus] Turn off the television Turn up the revolution in my heart Beatle boots on the kitchen floor We’re dancing like the world can’t fall apart If the war wants my attention It can shout outside my window I won’t start Turn off the television Let the music choose the year we are [Verse 2] Trump and tyrants on the table Cards I’m never gonna play I got cousins on the rooftop Blowing bubbles Shouting hey We’re not bullets We’re confetti We’re not borders We’re a band Passing peace around like records Let it skip and change the plan [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I don’t want it I don’t want it All that metal in their eyes [falsetto] I want colors in the daylight I want laughter overspilling down the sides [lennon-esque drawl] So here’s to brothers Sisters Lovers All the strangers in this room We can bend the new year’s shadow Till it looks like something blooming Not a wound [Chorus] [Chorus]

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