Daily Planet Lyrics - Guided By Voices

Assassin at an earlier time: 

(Laughter) Ah, Shit! 

Strange Signal: 

Yet...Four...Two...Going... 

1, 3, 6, twenty five times, the Jericho mile, it's 15, 17...18 if 

one could possibly remember...what!? 

Local Observer: 

Today Superman jumped off a building 

And he couldn't fly 

And he couldn't fly 

Straight to the ground he fell 

You should have seen him die...oh 

Drunk at the end of the bar: 

He ate a pound of Kryptonite 

He ate a pound of brotherly love, baby 

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Strange Signal: 

One...$.02 now...I wish it could be, if it was only there...I know 

Local Observer: 

He didn't know it was Kryptonite 

Superman took a dive 

And he hadn't 

He didn't know how to fight 

For truth, for justice, for safety of man 

Old Dude with paper in hand: 

For law and order, read all about it, Make another plan 

Strange Signal: 

4, 6, 12 (undecipherable) no more boys 

Local Observer: 

Try Green Lantern or the Caped Crusader 

His Friend: 

But they're always out of town 

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Local Observer: 

Sipping candy liquor on a Sunday beach 

His Friend: 

Yeah, they're always out of reach 

Local Observer: 

But Superman's gone, the morning papers read 

Drunken Englishman: 

No, he couldn't be! 

I knew he's dead! 

He couldn't be dead 

Local Observer: 

He's invincible and we need him in this town 

Roving Reported in Istanbul (televised): 

Uh, what will life be without Superman around? 

News only Channel 17: 

This is the latest on channel 17 news...Jimmy Olson wrote the story 

and Lois Lane provided the tears 

Paper Boy: 

Read all about it! 

Read all about it! 

Dick West: 

The start of "The Turbulent Years" 

(12 YEARS LATER - SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN ALASKA) 

Strange Signal: 

Uh, which one is the ground system 

And blowing smoke out the eyes of another 

And drilling two holes in the bottom of the Earth 

Where life could be once again 

Like it once was 

In the ice age 

In a kingdom long ago 

Without chance 

Without hope 

Without vision 

And therefore: 

Always creating the same effect 

Without ever knowing... 

...Why