It was 1984 And video just killed my radio Mr. MTV bludgeoned mystery We shoulda seen this coming So I'm taking all my posters down 'Cause I can't keep track Of all these faces How do we set the bar? When everyone's a star? This information overload is poison And all of my idols are dead My idols are dead Digital umbilical The bottlenecking ones and zeroes Are drowning out the songs of heroes And if I text you this song Would you sing along? (Say you'd sing along) I'm tearing all my posters down 'Cause I can't keep track Of all these changes How do we set the bar? When everyone's a star? This information overload is poison And all of my idols are dead My idols are dead Do do do, do do, do do Doobie doobie do Do do, doobie do do do Doobie do do do Doobie doobie do do do Doobie do do do Doobie do do do Doobie doobie do If I text you this song Would you sing along? (Say you'd sing along) Tearing all my posters down 'Cause I can't keep track Of all these choices How do we set the bar? When everyone's a star? This information overload is poison And all of my idols are dead 2.0 just killed my video