Bad News

Why turn on my TV? When it's only tragedy Why turn on my radio? When the headlines hurt, you know It's getting old It's getting o-o-o-o-old It's getting old It's getting o-o-o-o-old The bad news The bad news The bad news Yeah, I'm guessing tolerance has got the better chance of Removing much of the damage before it shows up We elect our future to be the bad luck Bad news gets given we throw our hands up And this country is two pieces and it's evident The lowest common denominator is president There's only half of us that feel this way too But every one of us headed for the bad news Why turn on my TV? When it's only tragedy Why turn on my radio? When the headlines hurt, you know It's getting old It's getting o-o-o-o-old It's getting old It's getting o-o-o-o-old The bad news The bad news Yo, people say "Where are you from?" and I tell 'em "D.C." But I could say "European", it's just as easy But I could say "Mother Earth" 'cause if you break it down We were the ones who put every border on the ground We made religion for good but now it separates We made words so everybody communicates But now the language is hatred and it is blame too We are all immigrants, sorry for the bad news Always an issue and it's always a problem We need solutions, we need to solve it It's always an issue and it's always a problem We need solutions, we need to solve it, yeah Why turn on my TV? When it's only tragedy Why turn on my radio? When the headlines hurt you know It's getting old It's getting o-o-o-o-old It's getting old Getting o-o-o-o-old The bad news People say "Where are you from?" and we tell 'em D.C. The bad news But we could say "Mother Earth", it's just as easy The bad news We are all immigrants, sorry for the bad news Bad news