When I was just a kiddo down in Arkansas There was a place I'd go To get away from it all And I'd sing along with all the tunes And my folks did what they's able But we didn't have "the cable" So, we pointed that antenna way on up to the moon And I was riding on the Reading Rainbow Chilling with Miss Frizzle and her lizard on the Magic School Bus counting, "One, two, three" Doing my ABCs With all my little buddies down on Sesame Street Do ti la so fa mi re Don't you know them shows were a hoot and a half? Learning about life and a having a laugh I ain't afraid to admit, it don't embarrass me A purple dinosaur is a friend indeed Being a kid was hard, I'll confess But it was better with PBS Mr. Rogers taught me how to tie my shoes He said, "Be patient with yourself and don't you get the blues Child, take all the time that you need But you don't eat the fruit the day that you plant the seed" Cancel the news. They can all go broke But Mr. Rogers was good for the folks And I was huffing and a-puffing with Thomas the Train Little doggie Wishbone was cracking the case Old man Pappy taught me how to draw On a Big Comfy Couch with a big red dog Cancel the news. They're dead to me Let the kids have a little TV