We're fighting the big dumb noise
All of you girls and boys
Fighting the big dumb noise
And if somebody with soul speaks
It won't be covered here by Sony or Newsweek
We're fighting the noise
We're fighting the big dumb noise
Your warmest friends on the AM radio
They'll tell you straight, show how you're right
Outside, outside, there are people who are wrong
Turn up your TV and lock the door
Sometimes you want to sit and dream
And they switch on the TV to Mom's morning talk shows
Then the opiates begin to flow with celebrity pictures, celebrity problems
What will they do next?
We're fighting the noise
We're fighting the big dumb noise
Every week they light the fires and they
Chase down the monsters and tear down their houses
Then they slip into their Sunday best and they
Splash the cold water and don't think about it
It's all for the best
We're fighting the big dumb noise
All of you girls and boys
And you can write me a letter
And I could meet you this morning
And we could go out walking
You know that that would be better
To see the sun and the houses
And maybe stop and get your sister
And pretty soon the streets are crowded
And it's all real people