The Tubes Album

Turn me on 'cause I need it now
Turn me on 'cause I don't know how
Pick me up and shake me
Tune me in and take me
Lights are bright and the music's loud

Let me know what I need to know
Make me go where I want to go
Let me stand and wonder
Let me feel the thunder
See the lightning and the picture show

Put your hand on the power

Turn me on again and again
Say you're always gonna be my friend
Love me like you mean it
Make a mess and clean it
Don't you stop 'til I tell you when

Got a feeling something's taken hold
'Cause I'm flying by remote control
No misunderstanding
Before I make a landing
I'll lose my mind and I'll trade my soul

Put your hand on the power

When I look you in the eye
Then it's everything I need
Let me look you in the eye
'til the spell comes over me

Turn me on
Making the colors bright
Turn me on
Making it go all night
Turn me on
Giving me louder sound
Turn me on
Making it spin around
Turn me on
Sing and dance for me
Turn me on
Keeping me company
Turn me on
Making it fast and hot
Turn me on
Give me a different shot

Put your hand on the power

Turn me on
Making the colors bright
Turn me on
Making it go all night
Turn me on
Giving me louder sound
Turn me on
Making it spin around
Turn me on
Sing and dance for me
Turn me on
Keeping me company
Turn me on
Making it fast and hot
Turn me on
Give me a different shot

Put your hand on the power
Why don't you turn me on

I wish I was the man with the mechanical heart
I'd conquer all my enemies alone
I'd tear the guys apart
then scatter the pieces

I wish I was the man in the soundproof booth
I wish I had a chance to stump the band
or maybe tell truth
and maybe I could win a color television

I really love my--television
I love to sit by--television
Can't live without my--television

TV is king
You're my everything

I wish I had the girl with the bouncy hair
We'd ride off in a brand new car
or fly a plane somewhere
like probably Jamaica

I brush my teeth, shampoo my hair, and shave my face
Apply the necessary aerosol
in the appropriate place
And we'll spend the night together watching television

I can't turn off my--television
Don't really know why--television
I understand my--television

You got your works in a drawer and your color's on track
You have to break away but you always come back
You make a hundred changes but you're always the same
You make me so excited and you make me so lame
You're just a tube full of gas and a box full of tin
But you show me your charms and I want to jump in
Oh if only your chassis was covered with skin
'Cause TV you're my everything

I really love my--television
I love to sit by--television
Can't live without my--television
I can't turn off my--television
Don't really know why--television
I understand my--television
I really love my--television

TV is king
You're my everything
TV is king

Come fly with me
What are you waiting for
Come fly with me
Don't waste a minute more

I'll give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you
Give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you

I'm waiting here
For no one else but you
Come closer dear
That's all you have to do

I'll give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you
Give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you

Don't be shy
I would never hurt you
I have had my eye on you
for such a long, long time

You know I'm always here
if you should need me
If you want a drink or two
I'm the one you should see

Go anywhere
Still you can call on me
And I'll be there
Just say the word and see

I'll give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you
Give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you

I've waited here
for no one else but you
Come closer dear
That's all you have to do

I'll give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you
Give you my prime time
I'm saving my prime time for you

What's on the other side of the wall
Seems like my world has gotten so small Where are the friends who don't ever call
Is there an answer to these questions at all
When will they come and open the door
I can't hold out anymore

I just can't wait to have it all now
Just take it one thing at a time
I want it all now
You'll have to learn to wait in line
I'll get it some way, somehow
I want it all now
All now

I saw somebody get married today
Saw people crying as they drove away
Old ladies laughing and children at play
I ask for love but they don't hear what I say
I want to feel what everyone feels
What will tomorrow reveal

I just can't wait to have it all now
Just take it one thing at a time
I want it all now
You'll have to learn to wait in line
I'll get it some way, somehow
I want it all now
All now

What is it like to kiss a real girl
To think you're in love and get married to her
Have lots of children and grow fat and old
And die like a fish on the end of a pole

Walking down the main street
Looking at the people
Shopping at the marketplace
Standing on the corner
Praying in the temple
Dancing at the disco
Working at the factory
Party on the weekend

I just can't wait to have it all now
I want it all now

I just can't wait to have it all now
Just take it one thing at a time
I want it all now
You'll have to learn to wait in line
I'll get it some way, somehow
I want it all now
All now

There is no way out
I am stuck here behind the window
Tangled in the wires and burned by electricity
And there's no place left to go for me
And there's no way out for me

No way out, no way out for me

I try to get to my feet
Feels like I'm glued to my seat
I try to crawl through the door
Feels like I'm nailed to the floor

No way out for me
No way out, there is no way out for me
Stranded in the great vast wasteland of my TV
And there's no place left to go for me
And there's no way out for me

Somehow I don't feel the same
I can't remember my name
If there was only a chance
to struggle out of this trance

No way out for me
No way out, there is no way out for me

No way out
I am stuck here behind the window

No way out for me
No way out, there is no way out for me
There is no way out for me
And there's no way out for me

[No lyrics]

Well it's a shame when you got nobody
And it's a drag when you got no friends
But it's a worse when you get no mercy
And you're startin' all over again

And back in my own world
Nobody bugs me
But down on the shop floor
They show me no mercy

I've been down to the railway station
I've been over to the taxi stand
I've been standing in the lobby of the Hyatt Hotel
But I've never seen a helpin' hand

I'm lookin' for someone
Not out to get me
I'm keepin' my guard up
Expectin' no mercy

No mercy
No pity
There's no mercy for me
No sympathy

They say it's just like a gentle rainfall
But it ain't never rained on me
And back in my own world
Nobody bugs me
But down on the shop floor
They show me no mercy

No mercy
No pity
There's no mercy for me
No sympathy

When you're always chasing rainbows
and you might not know which way the wind blows
You say your lucky day is comin'
Until that day you're just slummin'

So you wait and you wait but the signal don't change
Watching TV daily there is no sign
You read your horoscope
But ahh, it would appear there is no hope

So what?
Who cares?
Gotta put a handle
on your fear
A man comes
And a man goes
And he always leaves alone

Only the strong survive
You better wake up from that fantasy
It's time to open your eyes
Don't be afraid to see what you might see

The years roll by and the boy feels cheated
He fights back hard, his youth's retreated
He lets his hair grow, gets a sports car
But he knows that won't go so far

It's too bad
It's real sad
You lost the best thing
You ever had
You had some hope
And you had the youth
But now you'll never
know the truth

Only the strong survive
You better wake up from that fantasy
I think it's time to open your eyes
Don't be afraid to see what you might see

Only the strong survive
Don't ever let it get you down
Oh, I can't sympathize
If you expect to stick around

So what?
Who cares?
Better put a handle
On your fear
A man comes
And a man goes
And he always leaves alone

Only the strong survive
You better wake up from that fantasy
I think it's time you opened your eyes
Don't be afraid to see what you might see

Only the strong survive
Don't ever let it get you down
I think it's time to open your eyes
If you expect to stick around

Only the strong survive
You better wake up from that fantasy
I think it's time that you opened your eyes
Don't be afraid to see what you might see

Well the very first time that I saw you there
you know I couldn't believe my eyes
I thought I was the winner of the Price is Right
and they let me keep every prize

I've never been famous as a ladies man
I'm not known as a crazy guy
In fact I've never made the papers over nothin' at all
I think it's time somebody gave me a try

Baby, be mine tonight
and this ol' world will turn out alright
Just to find you took a whole lifetime
I could lose you in a minute's time
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight

I don't know if you've ever been in love before,
but I think this is my very first time
I wish someone could tell me what my next move is
I'm afraid I'm falling way behind

I know you've been around about as much as I have
When the lights go out we'll see
You can further your education all your life
Honey, just don't make a fool out of me

Baby, be mine tonight
and this ol' world will turn out alright
Just to find you took a whole lifetime
I could lose you in a minute's time
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight

I've been left alone
I've been on the streets so long
I feel like I'm falling
or sinking in quicksand
Throw me out a line
Be a special friend of mine
I would love to take you home,
if I only had a home

Baby, be mine tonight
and this ol' world will turn out alright
Just to find you took a whole lifetime
I could lose you in a minute's time
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight
Be mine tonight--baby, be mine tonight