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The Six O'Clock News

from Street Level by Larry Norman

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​One, two, three, four

I bought a ticket for South East 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
Got a room, took a shower
The bellboy gook put my bags on the bed
He left without his tip, he-heh

Then I loaded up my Hasselblad full of film
And I stepped outside, stepped outside, yeah
I’m taking pictures of burning houses
Colour movies of misery
I hear the sound of guns
How red the mud becomes
I’ve got a close up view
I am, I am, I am

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 the six o’clock news
Yeah

Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh

Get back from Vietnam

I’ve got a suite at the Saigon Hilton
Cocktail parties with General Ky
We talk about how the war is going
And watch his colour 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

The six o’clock news

We-ah

Catch my plane flight back to the mainland
Fall asleep to the engine’s drone
I see the (we-ah) sound 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
All those kids without shoes
What can I do
Napalm tattoos
What can I do
Guerrilla rendezvous

What can I do [x2]

Yeah

What can I do [x2]

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am
The six o’clock news

(CBS, ABC, NBC) Yeah

CBS, ABC, NBC [x2]

​Ah-eh

Ah-ah-aah

​Woh

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from Street Level, released January 1, 1970

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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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