The Coming of Sound Lyrics

You haven't said a word for ages

As you slowly turn the pages

Of a book that we both know you know by heart

You haven't moved since 7.20

Give me hope, I haven't any

And I don't know where to start

How good is that book you can't put down?

How come you don't pass it around?

I'm waiting for the coming of sound

The TV flickers in the distance

And it meets with no resistance

But the real sitcom isn't on the screen

We'd get canned before one season

No one's talking, that's the reason

And that seems fair to me

Maybe the show was way before its time

I guess the Midwest never took to mime

I'm waiting for the coming of sound

In the years when films were silent

The TV was not linked with violence

But there was no TV and I could kill you now

And some actors had no choice

Because they such stupid voices

They had to take their bow

I guess that we'd be talking today

If I could only think of one thing to say

I'm waiting for the coming of sound