Psychic Waste

There's a contamination
That's polluting our sight
What we call recreation
Is wreckin' our minds
From out of California
Come sights and sounds
Offensive to the taste
Every night in the livin' rooms
Media's dumpin' tons of psychic waste

Through the games and movies
Teaching our young
A nihilist is groovy
As if it some kind fun
We want some relaxation
All we get is violence, hate and fear
We get so used to mutilation
That we no longer flinch or shed a tear

Well, they say, "If you don't like it
You can simply turn it off"
But this crazy kind of logic
Doesn't hardly cut the stuff
It's like saying, "Give up water
If the taste is hard to bear"
And, "If there's air pollution
Well, then just don't breathe the air!"

Just to look at this garbage
Ought to tear us apart
All the crime and the carnage
They're feeding our hearts
Talk about world pollution
Let me take this time to state my case
We oughtta get more concerned
About the global threat of psychic waste

We gotta get mad about it!
We oughtta be cryin' about it!

From out of California
Comes sights and sounds
Offensive to the taste
Every night in our livin' rooms
Media's dumpin' tons of psychic waste
Talk about world pollution
We ought to be more concerned
About the psychic waste

What they're callin' entertainment
Amounts to nothin' more than psychic waste!