We're getting really good at scrambling the signal Yeah, all my stations are down, I can't read you at all I've been paralyzed I've got smoke in my eyes and I want to go back to summertime Can't find the code to be broken Maybe there's a password or something So I've got a car but don't have anywhere to drive it And god damn it the radio is broken It won't pick up, no! The airwaves are thick The sky has gone electric I guess I'll walk around the block again In search of a symbol Then I sing, "Oh wake up! It's a beautiful night, isn't that enough?" Let's turn it up tonight as loud as we can get it Let's blow out this whole town right at midnight with one triumphant chord And everyone will know that we're not fucking around We take comfort in incontrovertible sound ♪ The waves could shift and realign They could compound if we let them I could drive to Washington and back And pretend that nothing happened Maybe if we plug in And send it out on the wing If it's loud enough you'll hear it But how far can it really go With only public radio? But how far can it really go With only public radio? ♪ The airwaves are thick The sky has gone electric I guess I'll walk around the block again In search of a symbol Then I sing, "Oh wake up! It's a beautiful night, isn't that enough?"