That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc

It's a method of conveying sound

It's square outside, inside it's round

That thing you're listening to is a digitally accurate

Reading of the numbers that

Make up different sounds, in fact

It's the most technologically advanced

Sound reproduction known to man, at least

In the commercially-viable sense

That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc

Every subtle nuance of a tune

Is made available to you

That thing you're listening to is a high-tech dream come true

Technically it works with laser beams

Yet you can learn to use it easily

Throw your scratched, dusty records in the trash

It's time to move out of the past

In the profit-analysis sense

[Guitar lead]

That thing you're listening to is called a waste of time

An inferior and overpriced

Product of an under-active mind

That thing you're listening to is a multi-flawed industry scam

Devoid of any thought or heart at all

It's the antithesis of rock and roll

But no one cares that a record sounds better

'Cause you just can't buy 'em, so it just doesn't matter at all

And that's common sense