oh i watched the news at six o clock it made me want to cry the oceans are polluted we ve damaged all the sky and there s wars and wars and rumors and a hungry baby cries still we have to suffer politicians lies just gimme me the good news you can keep the bad just gimme the good news the happy not the sad you re money it never goes far enough these days the rich just getting richer the poor man always pays the postman brings bad news the bills come through the door in those greedy little envelops always wanting more gimme the good news you take the sixties seventies eighties nineties and you roll them into one gimme the two sides of the story the mirror and the sun put away the misery put away the gun its been a hard oul century there s a better one to come this is the good news 