Can't you see by the look in our eyes that
  The rock revolution won't be televised.
  When she reached maturity according to her father.
  She was given his old acoustic guitar.
  She taught herself a bunch of chords.
  And wrote songs about the oppression of the working class.
  And she played them in the park and she sang,
  "I will come clean".
  Cause the cleaner I get is the messiest yet.
  Her name and music were becoming known across the continental
  United States for her message and her activism.
  The FBI even had a file with her name on it
  for disturbing the peace and the security of the nation
  Can't You see see by the look in our eyes that
  The rock revolution will not be televised
    [ Thanks Ronnie Bruce for correction ]