News Lyrics

At eight years old it occurred to me,

A battle for control of the colour TV

Between cartoons and a cheesy quiz

Brian told me, "That's the way it is"

Diction clear with integrity,

Delivered with an air of authority

Politics, crime and the Middle East war,

Served with the weather and a football score

It was the news,

Nothing more important than the news

Sitting down to dinner with the news,

Get your education on the news

Fast forward years, I'm a TV hack,

Even read the paper from front to back

Headlines, deadlines, set in rock,

Had to be ready by six o'clock

It was the news,

Nothing more important than the news

Everybody listen to the news,

Gotta pay attention to the news

Something changed as money got tight,

Less reporters but news all night

Talk is cheap, but haven't you heard?

Can't put a price on the written word

So it's fresh-faced kids on the steps of court,

Opinion as fact and finance as sport

Race hate, clickbait, celebrity,

News is nothing like it used to be

And now my phone is all I need,

Served as hits on my Facebook feed

Algorithms dictate demand,

Trivial crap in the palm of my hand

It's not the news,

Nothing is important on the news

Everything's exclusive on the news,

Never been so much news

So what's the news?

Nothing's more important than the news

Eternally scrolling for the news,

Never ending cycle of the news