Newspapers Lyrics

Newspapers

I work for the newspapers
Any news is I always say
But I don't write no
daily column
Talk is cheap and so's my pay
And when my work day's
over
I pocket five or ten frome tray
And then I start  it up again at
five a.m.
I stack 'em up just to throw 'em away
Now lately I've been
thinkin'
What would the world do  without the news?
You wouldn't know
when wars were started
Or when they ended, win or lose
It'd probably be a
much better world
But the question would be, whose?
And what side you're
on and who's right or wrong
You'd never have to choose
Sometimes lat at
night
I can see the streets like no one else can
There's a lot of things
going on here
That even newspapers don't understand
Some people got too
much money
Some rob with a gun or a ballpoint pen
Maybe I'll get me a big
black cape
And then they'll be runnin' from me
Lookin' over their shoulder
for me
What's buried in the back pages
Was on the front just
yesterday
And old news never dies
No, they say it just fades
away
Crime and murder, business and politics
And international
strife
It's all the same, find someone to blame
It's there in black and
white
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