I really want to know
   What you had in store
   I couldn't really tell
   Perhaps was just as well
   I came here with a dream
   And I just had to see
   If my dream would soar
   I knocked on every door
  
   His whole life was written
   Written there inside
   His new weekly bible
   The modern T.V. Guide
   Every night he stares back at the screen
  
   A man only sees what he wants to see
   When he's in his mind
   Where he is what he wants to be
   Living in a world where he's safe from reality
   Won't you take a chance on this night child
   and follow me
  
   Don't need no super heroes
   Don't need no movie stars
   Don't need no politicians
   In big black shiny cars
   Don't need no preacher
   Whose church is my T.V.
  
   A man only sees what he wants to see
   When he's in his mind
   Where he is what he wants to be
   Living in a world where he's safe from reality
   Won't you take a chance on this night
   And follow
   Me
  
   Once was a broken hero
   The kind that we all know
   The kind that hides inside us
   The kind we never show
   The kind we say that could never be me
  
   His whole life was written
   Written there inside
   His new weekly bible
   The modern T.V. Guide
   Stare back at that screen
  
   A man only see what he wants to see