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I Am The Six O'Clock News (Basic Master Track)

from Maximum Planet by Larry Norman

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lyrics

One two, one two three [Spoken]

I've got a ticket for southeast Asia
I've packed my camera and press card badge
They only pay me to stay the weekend
What if I never come back

The flight was pretty rough
I got a room, took a sauna
The bellboy gook put my bags on the bed
Left without his tip

Then I loaded up my Hasselblad full of film
And I stepped outside, I stepped outside

I'm taking pictures of burning houses
Color movies of misery
I see the flash of guns, how red the mud becomes
I've got a close-up view

I'm the six o'clock news
What can I do
Military coups
What can I do
All those kids without shoes
What can I do
I'm the six o'clock new na na ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah

One two three four, ​one two three four [Spoken]

I've got a suite at the Saigon Hilton
Cocktail parties with Premiere Ky
We talk about how the war is going
And watch his color TV

I'm the six o'clock news
What can I do
Drinking black market booze
What can I do
Red and white and true blue
What can I do
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, bphoo
The six o'clock news

Shhh-ah, catch my plane flight back to the mainland
Fall asleep to the engine's drone
I see the flash of guns, how red the mud becomes
I've got a close-up view
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am
Bfoo
The six o'clock news
What can I do
Guerilla rendezvous
What can I do
All those kids without shoes
What can I do
Napalm tattoos
What can I do
What can I do
What can I do
Me I'm the six o'clock news

Ready [Spoken]

What can I do
A-I am, I am, I am, I am, I am
Bfoo
The six o'clock news

Ugh

Ugh

'Kay
Oi
Ugh
Toothpaste
It turned out to [Spoken]

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from Maximum Planet, released December 1, 2004

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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