A long, long time ago
  Before staff levels dropped
  They used to listen to the radio
  And listen to the DJ's talk
  About the songs they didn't know
  As if it really mattered
  
  Hit-pick or phone-in show
  I don't want you to go tonight
  Ten thousand watts of power
  News headlines on the hour tonight
  Our music beats the best
  You just don't need the rest tonight
  Once I couldn't care at all
  But I can feel the ratings fall tonight
  
  And 20 years ago
  No-one seemed to care
  The people must have known
  The DJ's role was only there
  To fill in space between the songs
  That talk of love and other things
  As if they didn't matter
  
  Automatic stations came
  And sent them all away
  And now I'm left alone
  I haven't got a word to say
  And you're the one who makes the choice
  To turn me on or turn me off
  But now it really matters
  
  Hit-pick or phone-in show
  I don't want you to go tonight
  Ten thousand watts of power
  News headlines on the hour tonight
  Our music beats the best
  You just don't need the rest tonight
  Once I couldn't care at all
  But I can feel the ratings fall tonight
  
  Hit-pick or phone-in show
  I don't want you to go tonight
  Ten thousand watts of power
  News headlines on the hour tonight
  Our music beats the best
  You just don't need the rest tonight
  Ten thousand watts of power
  News headlines on the hour tonight