Airwaves (7" Version) Lyrics - Singles - Thomas Dolby

Strange how the scale forms 

In tiny patterns on my antenna 

And the Five O'clock Show, 'Hello Hello' 

Brooklyn is crawling with famous people 

I turn my vehicle beneath the river, west from south 

Through the airwaves 

People never read the airwaves 

Do we only feed the airwaves? 

I really should have seen through the airwaves 

Electric fences line our new freeway 

Here in the half-light, the motor homes leave 

Knee-deep in water under a pylon 

How slow my heartbeat? 

How thin the air I'm breathing in? 

Through the airwaves 

People never read the airwaves 

Do we only feed the airwaves 

Or stamp them out at street level? 

Airwaves, dampness of the wind the airwaves 

The tension of the skin the airwaves 

Control has enabled the abandoned wires again 

But the copper cables all rust in the acid rain 

That flood the subway with elements of our corrosion 

Cabled in to me, yeah cabled them to me 

Cabled them to me 

Be in my broadcast when this is over 

Give me your shoulder, I need a place to wait for morning 

No it was nothing, some car backfiring 

Please don't ask questions 

I itch all over, let me sleep 

Through the airwaves 

People never read the airwaves 

Do we only feed the airwaves 

Or stamp them out at street level? 

Airwaves, dampness of the wind the airwaves 

The tension of the skin the airwaves 

I really should have seen through the airwaves 

People never read the airwaves 

Do we only feed the airwaves 

Or stamp them out at street level? 

Airwaves, dampness of the wind the airwaves 

The tension of the skin the airwaves 

I really should have seen through the airwaves 

People never read the airwaves 

Do we only feed the airwaves? 

Through the airwaves 

Dampness of the wind the airwaves 

The tension of the skin the airwaves 

I really should have seen through the airwaves