Victims of TISM Support Group

Thunderbirds (1) are Coming Out

I was my parents' puppet till my teenage years
When I rebelled and swapped them for my peers
I used to sit for hours all alone
Without an opinion to call my own

I had to keep this compulsion to myself
This need to be like everyone else
But now I'm out of the closet and I feel free
'Cos I just saw Thunderbirds on TV

Yes I've been outed and I'm so happy
I've found a role model just for me
I think I could be like those puppet guys
There's less to them than meets the eye

5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Sing if you're proud to be plastic now
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Thunderbirds are coming out

Now I don't have to worry about a thing
As long as someone else is pulling my strings
My pop star can tell me what to know
I can get my political views from youth radio (2)

I can join the queues outside restaurant chains
Now I can do the Mexican wave
Just tell me what's in and I'll make sure I fit
Just herd me into that mosh pit

Annotations

This track samples the theme music from Division 4, an Australian TV cop show produced by Crawford Productions in the 1970s.

1. Thunderbirds was a was a 32-episode TV series made in England from 1964 to 1966 using puppets.
2. The most prominent youth radio station in Australia is JJJ, a publicly-funded national broadcaster, and part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.