Picture-phone Lyrics - Singles - Hine Rupert

It's a reckless world 

That lets itself be guided by its tools 

But what our eyes can see we believe 

The truth is not for fools 

Is there nothing between us but plastic and wire 

Will some modern invention prove you a liar 

All the time you were saying this is it 

It was that 

And you didn't get that scratch from the cat 

CHORUS: 

I'll be stripped to the skin 

You'll be stripped to the bone 

And we'll all say no to the picture-phone 

It was so easy to cheat on a blind line 

With an alibi and your image intact 

Whatever the number - 

Whatever the crime - 

Not only the famous will have to resign 

And you have come to depend 

On your right to pretend you're alone 

Would the star of the screen 

Ever wish to be seen 

Red-eyed and dying through the morning call 

And the president's friends 

Would they live for long 

If they saw down the wire what really goes on 

When you're home to relax 

Come the facial attacks 

And the breathers in masks - oh no! 

CHORUS 

Is she the girl of your dreams 

With her curlers and creams 

Another fantasy's blown 

And we'll all say no on the picture-phone 

CHORUS 

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Additional Lead Vocal: ROBERT PALMER