I rolled out this morning the kids had the morning news show on Bryant Gumbel was talking bout the fighting in lebanon Some senator was squwking 'bout the bad e-con-o-my It's gonna get worse you see we need a change in policy There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band One more sad story's one more than I - can stand Just once how I'd like to see the headline say Not much to print today, Can't find nothing bad to say because Chorus 1 Nobody robbed a liqour store on the lower part of town Nobody OD'ed nobody burned a single building down Nobody fired a shot in anger no-body had to die in vain we sure could use a little good news to-day I'll come home this evenin' I bet that the news will be the same Somebody takes a hostage somebody steals a plane How I wanna hear the anchor man talk about a county fair and how we cleaned up the air, HOw everybody learned to care, Oh tell me Chours 2 Nobody was assasinated in the whole third world today and in the streets of Ireland all the children had - to do was play and everybody loves everybody in the good old U.S.A we sure could use a little good news today Chorus 1