So you want to be entertained?

Please look away, don't look away

We're not here 'cause we want to entertain

Go away, don't go away

Reality is the new fiction they saw

Truth is truer these days, truth is man-made

If you're here 'cause you want to be entertained

Please go away, please go away

If your art is done

Johnny get your gun

Join the rank and file

On your TV dial

You come around lookin' 1984

You're such a bore, 1984

Nostalgia, you're usin' it like a whore

It's better than before, it's better than before

You come around soundin' 1972

You did nothin' new with 1972

Where's the "Smile you", where's the black and blue?

Where's the black and blue, where's the black and blue?

If your art is done

Johnny get your gun

Join the rank and file

On your TV dial

Hey, look around they are lyin' to you

They are lyin', they are lyin' and

Can't you see it's just a silly ruse?

They are lyin' and I am lyin' too

All you want is entertainment

Rip me open, it's free, yeah

If your art is done

Johnny get your gun

Join the rank and file

On your TV dial

Don't drag me down

I'm not fallin' down

Don't drag me down

I'm not fallin' down

1, 2, 3, if you want to take

A shot at me, get in line, line

1, 2, 3, baby I've had all my

Shots and I'm fine

1, 2, 3, if you haven't had

Enough of me, get in line, line

1, 2, 3, you too deserve

It now, it's all right

1, 2, 3, we can drown in

Mediocrity, it feels sublime

1, 2, 3, it feels like someone

Pushed rewind

1, 2, 3, give it to me easily

My feeble mind, needs time

1, 2, 3, make it sweet and

Syrupy with rhyme

Don't drag me down

I'm not fallin' down

Don't drag me down

I'm not fallin' down

If your art is done

Johnny get your gun

Join the rank and file

On your TV dial

The grip of fear

Is already here

The lines are drawn

Whose side are you on?