[spoken intro]

Celeste: 'What the-? again??'

Daphne: 'This is the one I was telling you about'

C: 'I know, it's on like every 15 minutes'

D: 'What was he thinking?'

C: 'Right? This is the first thing you figure out when you get a guitar'

D: 'Do people dig this?'

C: 'I guess. I didn't mind it the 26th time I've heard it'

Each time I tune to that show

There's a basic busker on the radio

Silverlake is shimmerin' and summer is a-comin' in

But in my mind machine the storms of ennui are punishin'

Need to fill the air with effervescent sounds

But when I turn the dial mundanity abounds

Each time I tune to that show

There's a basic busker on the radio

Three chords in a minor key

An exercise in mediocrity

Every time I drive my turbo

There's a basic busker on the stereo

Six strings in a humdrum way

Benign expression of the everyday

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah

Oono, oono, oono, oono

Oono, oono, oono, oono

The words you pen get played again

Your blithe resolve I can forgive

But when you tell us how to live

It's just so heteronormative

If you had an edge you airbrushed it away

As you reach platinum your songs all fade to grey

Each time I tune to that show

There's a basic busker on the radio

Three chords on an old guitar

Ain't no surprises in the repertoire

Every time I drive my turbo

There's a basic busker on the stereo

Six strings in a humdrum style

Homogeneity in your stockpile

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah

Oono, oono, oono, oono

Oono, oono, oono, oono

Conforming shape

Your master tape

Leaves me agape

What were you thinking, boy?

Each time I tune to that show

There's a basic busker on the radio

And on the stereo, and in the afterglow

And on the HBO, and in the Uniqlo

And on the...

Corporate symphony

Passive conformity

Sonic simplicity

Is considerably over-represented

And sub-Dylan balladry

Was OK before the Fairlight was invented