T.V. Is The Thing - Dinah Washington

If you want to have fun, come home with me

You can stay all night and play with my TV

TV is the thing this year, this year

TV is the thing this year

Radio was great;

now it’s out of date

TV is the thing this year

Last night I was watching old Tom Nix

My TV broke, I was in a fix

I got on the phone and called my man

Said, «get here, daddy, as fast as you can»

TV is the thing this year, oh

TV is the thing this year

Radio was great, but now it’s out of date

And TV is the thing this year

Now he turned my dial to channel one

I knew that this was gonna be fun

He turned my dial to channel two

That station thrilled me through and through

He moved one notch to channel three

I 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 door

TV is the thing this year, oh, yes

TV is the thing this year

Radio was great;

now it’s out of date

TV is the thing this year

The way he eased into channel five

That man must’ve had fluid drive

He moved once more to channel six

Then he opened up his bag of tricks

On channel seven the show was late

But we got our kicks on channel eight

He turned my dial to channel nine

Said, «baby, your set is workin' fine»

He moved on up to channel ten

Then we started all over again

He finally hit channel eleven

I cried, «mama, he treats your daughter so good»

TV is the thing this year, yes

TV is the thing this year

Yes, radio was great, but now it’s out of date

TV is the thing this year

Baby, my set will need fixin' just about this time every night