Robyn Hitchcock - Watch Your Intelligence lyrics

(Ah, rock your brains, honey) When the baby comes out you have to thank the midwife Into consciousness swims the fish turned human son As they hack away the umbilical with a breadknife That's when somebody turns the television on Then the baby lies down to breathe upon the table That's as long as nobody cooks it by mistake Get a mammary gland to keep it feeling stable And a little TV to keep itself awake (Oh, it's the Flintstones!) Watch your intelligence Damaged goods are good for nothing Watch your intelligence Do not adjust your mind (C'mon, ruby baby) Then the baby grows up to be a young consumer People selling it things it doesn't really need But whoever set this one up had a sense of humour 'Cos inside every baby there's more baby seed Watch your intelligence Damaged goods are good for nothing Watch your intelligence Do not adjust your mind It's not a TV set, it's not a TV set It's not a TV set, it's my home, I live here, don't touch It's not a TV set, I'm not a TV set It's my home, thank you very much, good night, whoa So you think your mother is a television And your father is probably a restricted drug Ain't it hard to grow up and make your own decisions When you're under hypnosis, staring like a bug? Watch your intelligence Damaged goods are good for nothing Watch your intelligence Do not adjust my mind It's not a TV set, it's not a TV set (you got a family, you own a flag) It's my home, I live here, Donald! (you got a television, you know, I want to think it's kind of a trinity, you know) It's not a goddamn television, it's not a goddamn television (I mean, the father, the son, and the holy ghost, and the Tom Selleck and the...) You can't turn people on and off, they're not appliances! It's not a guarantee, it's not a guarantee There is no guarantee, there ain't no nothing, nothing Nothing at all There ain't nothing at all