Breaking News

> Price of bread keeps rising Groceries can't be found The only cities that are growing Are the California shantytowns The nation is in turmoil Fighting from the left and the right The future keeps on getting darker And I can't go to sleep at night, have mercy Breaking news in the morning Breaking news at night Breaking news in the evening Makes me and my baby fight Breaking news at lunchtime Breakfast and dinner, too Every time I turn around, have mercy The people are so confused Building walls are sinful But not for the gated communities Politicians keep on shifting And lyin' 'bout what will be They keep on promising me free things But nothing in this life is free It's all paid for by taxes So, tell me how is it free for me? Breaking news in the morning Breaking news at night Breaking news in the evening Makes me and my baby fight Breaking news at lunchtime Breakfast and dinner, too Every time I turn around, have mercy The people are so confused Hindsight is twenty-twenty But it's breaking news today I wish it was a bad dream And things really weren't this way There's a pandemic going You know it's been here before It's just using a different name While it's kicking down your door Death and taxes are a sure thing But there's one thing that you should know You got to pay your taxes first Before the tax man will let you go Breaking news in the morning Breaking news at night Breaking news in the evening Makes me and my baby fight All this pain and suffering I wish it would all disappear I hate to look into the faces Of people swallowed up by fear We got to all pull together Because we're fallen all apart It's gonna be a long hard journey And the first step is where we start Breaking news in the morning Breaking news at night Breaking news in the evening Makes me and my baby fight Breaking news at lunchtime Breakfast and dinner, too Every time I turn around, have mercy The people are so confused << Transcribed from CD booklet