The Emigrants

I heard you on the wirelessback in Fifty TwoLying awake intent attuning in on youIf I was young it didn't stopyou coming through Oh a ohThey took the creditfor your second symphonyRewritten by machineand new technologyand now I understandthe problems you can see Oh a ohI met your children Oh a ohWhat did you tell themVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starPictures came and broke your heartOh a a a Oh And now we meetin an abandoned studioWe hear the playbackand it seems so long agoAnd you remember the jinglesused to go Oh a ohYou were the first one Oh a ohYou were the last oneVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starIn my mind and in my carwe can't rewind we've gone to farOh a a a oh Oh a a a ohVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starIn my mind and in my carwe can't rewind we've gone to farPictures came and broke your heartlook I'll play my VCRYou are a radio starYou are a radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio starVideo killed the radio star