Rupert Hine - Picture-Phone lyrics

It's a reckless world That lets itself be guided by its tools But what our eyes can see we believe The truth is not for fools Is there nothing between us but plastic and wire Will some modern invention prove you a liar All the time you were saying this is it It was that And you didn't get that scratch from the cat CHORUS: I'll be stripped to the skin You'll be stripped to the bone And we'll all say no to the picture-phone It was so easy to cheat on a blind line With an alibi and your image intact Whatever the number - Whatever the crime - Not only the famous will have to resign And you have come to depend On your right to pretend you're alone Would the star of the screen Ever wish to be seen Red-eyed and dying through the morning call And the president's friends Would they live for long If they saw down the wire what really goes on When you're home to relax Come the facial attacks And the breathers in masks - oh no! CHORUS Is she the girl of your dreams With her curlers and creams Another fantasy's blown And we'll all say no on the picture-phone CHORUS ------------------------------ Additional Lead Vocal: ROBERT PALMER