A long, long time ago... I can still remember how
That TV used to make me smile.
I'd come home and sit right down
And watch the animated clowns,
And then I'd be happy for a while.

But the 90s really sucked,
With every cartoon they chucked,
Bad news on the boob tube...
When they played Blue's Clues.

I can't remember if I cried
When I read in the TV guide
Underdog was no longer alive,
The day cartoons died.

Soo..Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
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Have you seen the Pooh Corner?
What happened to Woody Woodpecker?
Where the heck did they go?

I really loved my Yogi Bear
And I could dig the Jetsons wild hair
Remember that Starblazers show?

I really miss Count Duckula
Superman and She-Ra.
There was that Mr. T program
The New Adventures of Spider-Man

I was a large and big Muppet buff
He-Man, I couldn't get enough
but I knew that I was out of luck
The day cartoons died

I started singin'...

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
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Now, 10 years later, I'm all alone
While my dad listens to the Rolling Stones
But that's not how it used to be

It all started with the Gary Coleman show
And the Rubiks Cube cartoon did blow
And they never should have animated the Fonzy

And while Nickelodeon was looking fine
The Droids cartoon was the end of line
Dusty's Treehouse called it quits
It was the decline of the hits

They tore The Fat Albert apart
And kicked the Smurfs out of the park
The future sure was looking dark
The day cartoons died

We were singin'

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
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That anima was the latest thing
And Hanna-Barbera was no longer king
And we were force-fed Hammerman

I barfed at the site of Ren and Stimpy
And Waynehead really offended me
And I still hate KaBlam!

Now, I really liked the 90s Mighty Max
But even that show they had to hack
They started making shows from movies
To replace the Muppet Babies

Captain Planet took the field,
And DuckTales was forced to yield.
An evil empire began its build,
The day cartoons died

We started singing

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
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There I was at my place
Watching a cheap knock-off of Lost In Space
Knowing Blackstar wouldn't play again.

Cartoon Network suddenly appeared
And everything happened as I feared
I moved the TV to the den.

As I watched them at my house
The Powerpuffs began to joust
No kiddie born in hell
Could break the Scooby-Doo spell

And Dexter climbed high threw the ratings
And Hey Arnold sure did sting
And they kept Cow and Chicken in the wings
the day cartoons died.

They were singing

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
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I met a girl who once thought like me
And I mentioned Zax and Benji
But she just smiled and turned away

I was down in my luck
How can cartoons become so much muck
And now the GoBots will never play

And in the homes the children laughed
When they say I.R. Baboon's red ass
Every word recited
They just couldn't hide it

And the three men I admired most
Pac-Man, Mario and Space Ghost
They got remade, and they were toast
The day cartoons died

They were singin'

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
Hidden deep in the archives
All lost in the archives

They were singin'

'Bye, bye Bugs and Popeye
Hit the click to Nick but Pinwheel was fried
No more Ewoks or Fraggles or Force Five.
Hidden deep in the archives