Six O'Clock News

<p>I got a ticket for southeast Asia<br/>I packed my camera and press card badge<br/>They only paid me to stay the weekend<br/>What if I never come back?<br/><br/>The flight was pretty rough<br/>I got a room, took a sauna<br/>The bell boy gook put my bags on the bed<br/>He left without his tip<br/><br/>Then I loaded up my Hasselblad full of film<br/>And I stepped outside<br/>I&#x27;m taking pictures of burning houses<br/>Colored movies of misery<br/><br/>I see the flash of guns<br/>How red the mud becomes<br/>I&#x27;ve got a close up view<br/>I&#x27;m the six o&#x27; clock news<br/>What can I do?<br/>Military coups<br/>What can I do?<br/>All those kids without shoes<br/>What can I do?<br/>I&#x27;m just the six o&#x27; clock news<br/><br/>I got a suite at the Saigon Hilton<br/>Cocktail parties with premiere Ky<br/>We talk about how the war is goin&#x27;<br/>And watch his color TV<br/><br/>I&#x27;m the six o&#x27; clock news<br/>What can I do?<br/>Drinkin&#x27; black market booze<br/>What can I do?<br/>I&#x27;m red and white and true blue<br/>What can I do?<br/>I am I am I am I am the six o&#x27; clock news<br/><br/>Catch my plane flight back to the mainland<br/>Fall asleep to the engine&#x27;s drone<br/><br/>I see the flash of guns<br/>How red the mud becomes<br/>I&#x27;ve got a close up view<br/>I am I am I am I am I am the six o&#x27; clock news<br/>What can I do?<br/>Guerilla rendezvous<br/>What can I do?<br/>All those kids without shoes<br/>What can I do?<br/>I&#x27;m just the six o&#x27; clock news<br/>What can I do?<br/>Napalm tattoos<br/>What can I do?<br/>I am I am I am I am I am the six o&#x27; clock news<br/><br/>CBS, ABC, NBC<br/>CBS, ABC, NBC<br/>CBS, ABC, NBC<br/>CBS, ABC, NBC...