He came in on the video screen

Selling images from the start

A superhero with Yul Brynner eyes

With flash and glitz and smarts

With Saturday morning spectacle

Beaming 24 hours a day

The picture song, the new icon

Of the cable media age

His press is so impressive

And such cinema graphic delight

With all your favorite songs and stars

To while away the night

And you just stopped by

For a three-minute ride

That dazzles and grabs your eye

Keeps you glued to the tube

'Til you snap and revive

By thеn it's 1999

We're watching Captain Video

Hе's not so sure which way to go

Sometimes he's friendly

Sometimes offends me

Oh, my, Captain Video

Captain Video, Captain Video

Well, in many ways, the Captain is good

And when he's bad, he's very bad

He's moved us to a new art form

And he's more than a passing fad

It's not his talents that cause distress

But excesses in his style

If it's garbage in, it's garbage out

It's content that's on trial

We're watching Captain Video

He's not so sure which way to go

Sometimes he's friendly

Sometimes offends me

Oh, my, oh my, Captain Video

Captain Video, Captain Video

So, here's the warning for the label

That it's easy to overdose

He invades the mind, consumes the time

He's the entertainment host

He's touting scores of modern prototypes

While the cash registers whine

But if the model is wrong the seeds could spoil

The crop of tomorrow's minds

We're watching Captain Video

He's not so sure which way to go

Sometimes he's friendly

Sometimes offends me

We're watching Captain Video

He's not so sure which way to go

Sometimes he's friendly

Sometimes offends me

Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my, Captain Video

Captain Video, Captain Video

Captain Video