Roger Waters - Amused To Death lyrics

This supermarket life is getting long

what is the heart life of a color tv

what is the shelf life of a teenage queen

Ooooh western woman, Ooooh western girl

News hound sniffs the air, when Jessica Hahn goes down

He latches on to that symbol of detatchment

Attracted by the peeling away of feeling

The celebrity of the abused shell, the belle

Ooooh western woman, Oooooh western girl

Ooooh western woman, Oooooh western girl

And the children of Melrose strut their stuff

is absolute zero cold enough

and out in the valley, warm and clean

the little ones sit by their tv screen

no thoughts to think, no tears to cry

all sucked dry, down to the very last breathe

bartender what is wrong with me,

why am i so out of breathe

the captain said excuse me ma'am

the species has amused itself to death

amused itself to death

it has amused itself to death

amused itself to death

we watched a tragedy unfold

we did as we were told

we bought and sold

it was the greatest show on earth

but then it was over

we ohhed and awed

we drove our racing cars

we ate our last few jars of caviar

and somewhere out there in the stars

a keen eyed look out

spied a flickering light

our last hurrah

our last hurrah

and when they found our shadows

grouped round the tv sets

they ran down every lead

they repeated every test

they checked out all the data on their list

and then the alien anthropologist

admitted they were still perplexed

but on eliminating every other reason

for our sad demise

they logged the only explanation left

this species has amused itself to death

no tears to cry, no feelings left

the species has amused itself to death

amused itself to death