Watchin' The TV News-Clifford T. Ward

[ti:Watchin' The TV News] [ar:Clifford T. Ward] [al:Both Of Us] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Watchin' The TV News - Clifford T. Ward [00:22.93]I don't read those fancy newspapers [00:26.02] [00:28.27]I don't care for the print on my fingers [00:31.47] [00:33.40]I can't take that slanted press [00:36.71] [00:37.71]An' you know how the smell of the paper lingers. [00:42.08] [00:43.03]But the TV news, what a wonderful innovation [00:50.08] [00:53.64]Well it's where it's at, tea on my lap [00:57.63] [00:58.94]Soakin' it up, lappin' it up. [01:02.60] [01:04.77]I don't watch much television [01:07.57] [01:09.52]Maybe 'The Street' and 'Blankety Blank' [01:13.47] [01:15.23]I don't play any of those crazy ball games [01:19.42] [01:20.55]Where's the sense in sweatin' no thanks. [01:23.94] [01:25.06]But my TV news, it's a marvellous presentation [01:31.65] [01:35.18]Perfect end to the day, tea on a tray [01:39.50] [01:40.86]An' we never get upset. [01:44.34] [01:46.15]The fightin' and the bombin' and the bloodshed [01:49.28] [01:51.23]An' all the starvin' children round the world [01:54.13] [01:56.60]The aeroplanes crashin', and the earthquakes [02:00.01] [02:01.89]Right before my eyes they're all unfurled. [02:04.57] [02:07.54]I don't listen to the radio [02:10.03] [02:12.12]Well maybe just Wogan's breakfast wit and [02:16.83] [02:17.86]Don't give me any of those crazy ball games [02:22.29] [02:23.51]Where's the sense in keeping fit? [02:26.58] [02:27.62]But the TV news, won't you give me that confrontation [02:34.97] [02:38.30]Nothin' I prefer than my tea down my shirt [02:42.48] [02:43.60]Soakin' it up, shruggin' it off. [02:47.26] [02:49.02]The fightin' an' the bombin' an' the bloodshed [02:52.08] [02:54.09]An' all the crazy despots round the world [02:57.17] [02:59.51]Murders, an' the scandal an' the heartache [03:02.64] [03:04.79]Right inside my lounge they're all unfurled. [03:07.36] [03:08.87]On my TV news [03:11.12] [03:14.93]What a colourful presentation [03:16.28] [03:20.00]You' got the blood and the thunder [03:21.57] [03:22.87]The world goin' under, [03:24.20] [03:25.36]It's all there to see [03:26.91] [03:28.30]All on the TV news. [03:31.02] [03:35.96]What an' honest interpretation [03:37.46] [03:41.22]Straight as a die, the cameras don't lie [03:45.38] [03:46.48]It's all there to see [03:47.92] [03:49.25]All on the TV news.