DAILY NEWS [1970]
(Tom Paxton)

Civil rights leaders are a pain in the neck,
Can't hold a candle to Chiang Kai-shek.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Ban the bombers are afraid of a fight.
Peace hurts business and that ain't right.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

Daily News, daily blues.
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Eight little pennies in the newsboy's hand
And you ride right along to never-never land.

This city needs coppers who are gonna be strong.
If they beat you bloody, then you know you were wrong.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Don't you know Pete Seeger is a danger to you?
He keeps singing 'bout peace like the radicals do.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

Daily News, daily blues.
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Eight little pennies in the newsboy's hand
And you ride right along to never-never land.

Seems like the whole damn world's gone wrong.
St Joe McCarthy is dead and gone.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
Now Ronald Reagan's banner has been unfurled.
"Today, California, tomorrow, the world!"
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

Daily News, daily blues.
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Eight little pennies in the newsboy's hand
And you ride right along to never-never land.

You know, John Paul Getty is just plain folks.
The UN charter is a cruel hoax!
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.
J. Edgar Hoover is the man of the hour;
All that he needs is just a little more power.
How do I know? I read it in the Daily News.

Daily News, daily blues.
Pick up a copy any time you choose.
Eight little pennies in the newsboy's hand
And you ride right along to never-never land.