With apologies to Gil-Scott Heron
You will not be able to stay home-centered, brother and sisters
You will not be able to just check off your ministering assignments
You will not be able to lose yourself on BYUtv
And skip out for root-beer during commercials, because
The restoration will not be televised
The restoration will not be televised
The restoration will not be brought to you
As a public service by Bonneville Communications without commercial interruptions
The restoration will not show you pictures of how much money you can make
Selling your breastmilk for a LulaRoe inventory startup
Nor pay tithing on commissions from the backend check of a Summer sales contract
The restoration will not be televised
The restoration will not be brought to you by Halestorm Entertainment
And will not star Kirby Heybourne nor the cast of the 1989 Saturdays Warrior videocassette
The restoration will not be members of the Not Even Once Club
The restoration will not sell faux-gold plates on consignment
The restoration will not offer platinum rewards on a pair of knee-shorts, because
The restoration will not be televised
There will be no pictures of you on Instagram or Facebook Live
Modeling Beach Body, Herbalife, or Essential Oils
Or of Lavell Edwards stadium sponsored by Apex Security and Vivant Solar
The restoration will not go better with Diet Coke
The restoration will not care about an extra pair of earrings
The restoration will not be televised
Studio C, American Idol, and Mr. Kruger’s Christmas
Will no longer be so damn relevant
The theme song will not be written by Lex de Azevedo or Janice Kapp Perry
Nor sung by David Archulta, the Osmonds,
Brandon Flowers, or appear on an EFY CD
The restoration will not be televised’
The restoration will not be televised
Will not be televised
Will not be televised
Will not be televised
The restoration will be no re-run, brothers and sisters
The restoration will be live