House Plants Lyrics - Chumbawamba

But it's shit we don't see it though we watch it on the telly 

Every day 

We give our heroes license to kill in reality 

Just like on TV 

And we wish we were in his shoes 'cos he gets all the girls 

Treats them as property 

A pile of shit we don't see it, though we watch it on telly 

Every day 

That's an electrode in our front rooms a house plant 

Pumping in signals 

Only five feet from being an implant 

Pumping in signals 

How often do we leave it switched on? 

Channel S.H.1.T. 

How often do we sit there switched off? 

Staring at it blindly? 

Jane's dad closed the book 

'Not another peep out of you tonight,' he whispered 

'It's not fair,' thought Jane, 'why's it always the boys who get to do the exciting things?'