there's no consolation prize
  there's no prize for consolation
    all stuck in the middle
  between what is and what might be
  a great sensation
  has swept the nation
  everybody wants the image you've got for sale
  with massive compromations on your part
  but buddy you've taken the nation
  check it out the new teen beat model of the year
    struck down from the pillar
  short lived is all you'll ever be
  a once great sensation
  has wiped out the nation
  your message is no longer for sale
  and no proclamation
  will return the station
  you held onto while the rest of us moved on
  as not quite sensations
  but mere subatomic particles of the nation
  we're happy if our songs get heard at all
  so bring forth donations
  for the boombox generation
  that's right
    don't be afraid
  of what you say
  'cause anyway
  is the only way