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I Am the Six O'Clock News

from Only Visiting This Planet by Larry Norman

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Will passengers to flight eighty five proceed to gate number nine. Please have your boarding cards ready [Spoken]

I've got a ticket for southeast Asia
I packed my camera and press card badge
They only paid 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
He 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
All those kids without shoes
What can I do
Military coups
What can I do
I'm just the six o'clock news

I 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
But what can I do
Drinking black market booze
What can I do
I'm red and white and true blue
What can I do
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am
The six o'clock news

Catch my plane flight back to the mainland
I 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

The six o'clock news
What can I do
Guerilla rendezvous
And 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
I'm just the six o'clock news, oo-ugh
What can I do
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am
The six o'clock

CBS, ABC, NBC
CBS, ABC, NBC
CBS, ABC, NBC [x4]

CBS, ABC, NBC
CBS, ABC, NBC
CBS, ABC

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard
Your attention is directed to the forward part of the cabin
Where your stewardess will now demonstrate the use of the oxygen mask
In the remote possibility of a loss of cabin pressure
A panel directly above your head will open automatically
If this should happen, pull the mask down firmly
Place it over your nose and mouth, and breath normally
Dinner will be served in approximately one hour
In the meantime we will be serving beverages
Cocktails will be a dollar fifty in the tourist section and complimentary in first class
After your meal I hope you'll enjoy the movie for today
Thank you [Spoken]

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from Only Visiting This Planet, released November 14, 1972

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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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