From the recording Newspaper Man
“Newspaper Man” is a rocking song for the working class that widens into something bigger: the collapse of trust, the rise of manufactured headlines, and what unchecked capitalism has done to the backbone of America.
Album: Space And Other Things
Release Date: 2023
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Lyrics
Newspaper Man
Newspaper man on the corner
I still don’t know your name
I see your face on the front page
You look the same
Eight quarters and a dollar
Get your news hot off the press
Delivered by a man with fifty years experience
I can tell you anything about the news you need to know
Current events, politics, and those who turned their toes
The papers cutting corners
They say you have to go
Union men aren’t wanted
They say your getting old
Working rain or sunshine
Keeping people informed
Never a dull moment
For the weary and bored
Eight quarters and a dollar
Get your news hot off the press
Delivered by a man with fifty years experience
I can tell you anything about the news you need to know
Current events, politics, and those who turned their toes
Newspaper man
Sundays are the best
Nickels, dimes, pennies, quarters
Put you to the test
Newspaper man
Save some ink for me
I’ll be true and pay your dues
A union man I see
Newspaper man on the corner
I still don’t know your name
I see your face on the front page
You’ve lost your way