Kids were screaming   Wife was bitching   Just took the keys out of my ignition   Why do I always feel like a jerk   After a hard day’s work      Might have a couple regrets   Right now I’ll take what I can get   I want a television set to free my mind   Television set, to drown ‘em out   Television set, might as well have been blind   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out      Smoke and mirrors   Snakes and ladders   You climb a few, you slide back down   My head is on the pillow   My heart is in the basement   My mind is in the gutter      Girls roll around in the sand   And I got the telephone in my hand   Let’s not forget      Television set to free my mind   Television set, to drown ‘em out   Television set, might as well have been blind   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There’s nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There ain’t nothing better for the down and the out   There’s nothing better for the down and the out