My Telly’s Gone Bung
Paul Hester
My telly’s gone bung
What am I to do about the ABC tonight?
My telly’s gone bung
What am I to do about my predicament?
My telly’s gone bung
I plugged it in and it turned me off again
I’ve waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me, yeah
‘Cause I’m where I wanna be
In front of my TV
My telly’s gone bung
What am I to do about Kylie & Jason now?
My telly’s gone bung
I don’t really care for their predicament
I’ve waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me, yeah
‘Cos I’m where I wanna be
In front of my TV
If it was up to me
I’d let these people see What people do
I’ve been watching you too
I’ve waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me, yeah
‘Cos I’m where I wanna be
In front of my TV
If it was up to me, I would let these lovely people see
If it was up to me, if it was up to me
If it was up to me, if it was up to me
If it was up to me
Song appears on:
Crowded House - Afterglow (compilation, 1999)
Nick helps Paul design his TV tattoo
“A classic Paul Hester song with a very Hester-ish lyric about one of Paul’s favourite pastimes, which is watching TV. An interesting historical subtext in this song as he talks about Kylie and Jason - of course, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan. Both went on to big careers in England, particularly Kylie now. Still around, still with us, still entertaining us. I can’t remember why this didn’t make it either. Probably just the competition got too hot for Woodface. ”