can't you see by the look in our eyes
that the rock revolution won't be televised

can't you see by the look in our eyes
that the rock revolution won't be televised

when she reached maturity
according to her father
she was given
his old acoustic guitar

she taught herself a bunch of chords
and wrote songs about the oppression of the working class
and sang them in the park

she sang
i will come clean
'cause the cleaner i get is the messiest yet
i will come clean
'cause the cleaner i get is the messiest yet

her and her music were becoming known
across the continental united states
for her message and activism
the fbi even had a file
with her name on it for disturbing the peace
and the security of the nation

can't you see by the look in our eyes
that the rock revolution won't be televised
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can't you see by the look in our eyes
that the rock revolution won't be televised
and it's truth, so it comes as no surprise
that the rock revolution won't be televised