In the morning I read the paper

In the evening I watch the news


I sit there in my armchair


I stare flip switch peruse

The stories and the pictures


For me there's no escape


I read all about it

See it live see it on tape


It's there in living color


It's plain in black & white

Things just go on happening


They go wrong things aren't right


In the morning I read the paperIn the evening I watch the news

Every day's a battle


In a war that you just lose


And I'm there in my armchair

Safe from the world outside


To leave this locked apartment


Would be suicide

My windows have bars on them


I'm safe so it seems


Outside I hear the sirens

Sometimes I hear the screams


In the morning I read the paper


In the evening I watch the news