Dinah Washington

TV Is the Thing
If you want to have fun, come home with meYou can stay all night and play with my TVTV is the thing this year, this yearTV is the thing this yearRadio was great; now it's out of dateTV is the thing this yearLast night I was watching old Tom NixMy TV broke, I was in a fixI got on the phone and called my manSaid, "get here, daddy, as fast as you can"TV is the thing this year, ohTV is the thing this yearRadio was great, but now it's out of dateAnd TV is the thing this yearNow he turned my dial to channel oneI knew that this was gonna be funHe turned my dial to channel twoThat station thrilled me through and throughHe moved one notch to channel threeI said, "oh, how I love what you're doin' to me"He said, "wait a minute, let's try channel four"Just about that time someone knocked on the doorSongtexteTV is the thing this year, oh, yesTV is the thing this yearRadio was great; now it's out of dateTV is the thing this yearThe way he eased into channel fiveThat man must've had fluid driveHe moved once more to channel sixThen he opened up his bag of tricksOn channel seven the show was lateBut we got our kicks on channel eightHe turned my dial to channel nineSaid, "baby, your set is workin' fine"He moved on up to channel tenThen we started all over againHe finally hit channel elevenI cried, "mama, he treats your daughter so good"TV is the thing this year, yesTV is the thing this yearYes, radio was great, but now it's out of dateTV is the thing this yearBaby, my set will need fixin' just about this time every night Aus Songtexte Mania