News Of The World Lyrics - Wildhearts

here's the eighth of the seven wonders, here's the [pay back] without a crime 

here's to all the baby-shit so major at the time 

from the last of the great pretenders to the new television age 

and the few who still remember passion over rage 

we changed, we didn't even try 

we opened up our mouths (for) telling all those lies to ourselves 

and everybody helps 

CHORUS: 

'cos we're just wanters not needers, hypocrites and cheaters, this is the news of the world 

pseudo-heroes masturbating our egos, this is the news of the world 

the news of the world... 

I could hide in the foreign legion, I could live in the south of France 

I could pick a thousand reasons, given half the chance 

but the pricks are the whole world over, every sex, every colour of skin 

maybe we're just too far gone to shake the mess we're in 

we changed, we didn't even try 

we opened up our mouths for telling all those lies to ourselves 

and everybody helps 

CHORUS 

take me far away from it all, the news of the world 

(what's next?) I got my bills to pay 

(what's next?) I need a holiday 

(what's next?) I got police upon my back 

(what's next?) internal politics 

(what's next?) some humans make me sick 

the fakes the judges liars greed 

the laws that judge the life I lead, the fucked up shit that I don't need 

wanters(x4) 

CHORUS 

the news of the world(x4) 

{plus odd stuff and various laughter...}