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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

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