I don't read those fancy newspapers
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I don't care for the print on my fingers
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I can't take that slanted press
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An' you know how the smell of the paper lingers.
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But the TV news, what a wonderful innovation
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Well it's where it's at, tea on my lap
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Soakin' it up, lappin' it up.
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I don't watch much television
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Maybe 'The Street' and 'Blankety Blank'
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I don't play any of those crazy ball games
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Where's the sense in sweatin' no thanks.
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But my TV news, it's a marvellous presentation
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Perfect end to the day, tea on a tray
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An' we never get upset.
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The fightin' and the bombin' and the bloodshed
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An' all the starvin' children round the world
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The aeroplanes crashin', and the earthquakes
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Right before my eyes they're all unfurled.
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I don't listen to the radio
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Well maybe just Wogan's breakfast wit and
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Don't give me any of those crazy ball games
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Where's the sense in keeping fit?
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But the TV news, won't you give me that confrontation
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Nothin' I prefer than my tea down my shirt
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Soakin' it up, shruggin' it off.
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The fightin' an' the bombin' an' the bloodshed
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An' all the crazy despots round the world
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Murders, an' the scandal an' the heartache
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Right inside my lounge they're all unfurled.
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On my TV news
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What a colourful presentation
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You' got the blood and the thunder
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The world goin' under,
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It's all there to see
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All on the TV news.
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What an' honest interpretation
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Straight as a die, the cameras don't lie
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It's all there to see
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All on the TV news.
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Watchin' The TV News
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| Clifford T. Ward |
