I read it in the news

Did you hear the one about the man
Who ran away from home at eighty-nine
To start a life or just to leave it all behind
He ran away to sea and joined a crew bound for the Indies
Just to see if the water was that blue
I read it in the news
I read it in the news
Did you ever run across the page
Exposing all the famous peoples' age
Like did you see the hot teen idol's forty three
Did you hear about the girl who went utterly insane
She walked across the country and pumped drugs into her brain
Did you read about the men that we sent up there to the moon
But that never really happened, it isn't true
I read it in the news
I read it in the news
It really isn't true
I read it in the news
Do you see the man across the counter
Unashamed and staring right at me
He orders haddock without the fries and more than twenty drinks
Which I'm not allowed to serve but it's a fucking Friday night
If he wants it all he can, because he's had enough of life
And so he drinks
And so he drinks
He's got nowhere else to be
And so he drinks
Do you ever wonder what his life was like like forty years ago
Was he having a good time or was he fucking miserable
Did he spend his Friday nights with friends or family or both
I don't know if he knows
I don't know if he knows
If it wasn't in the news then is it really true
I read it in the news
I read it in the news
I read it in the news
I read it in the news
I read it in the news



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Writer(s): Henry Manning, Henry Purcell
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