I heard you on the wireless back in 52, lying awake and tently tuning in on you, if I was young, it didn't stop you coming through, oh oh, they took the credit for your 2nd symphony, rewritten by machine on new technology, and now I understand the problems you could see, oh oh, I met your children, oh oh, what did you tell them, video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, pictures came and broke your heart, oh oh, and now we meet in an abandoned studio, we hear the playback and it seems so long ago, and you remember the jingles used to go, oh oh, you were the first one, oh oh, you were the last one, video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, in my mind and in my car, we can't rewind, we've gone too far. video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, in my mind and in my car, we can't rewind, we've gone too far, pictures came and broke your heart, what's the blame on VCO? you are the radio star, you are the radio star, video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star,