[Verse 1]
I'm picking up again
Well it got too much
After the accident
It could feel no worse
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier, it was a game
I guess the barrier
Must have dropped away
[Chorus]
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
And she calls
[Verse 2]
Did you see my photograph
It was on page ten
I swore to everyone
I'm not to blame
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier, it was a game
I'm so disposable
You can throw me away
[Chorus]
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
And she calls
[Bridge]
What a fool I've been
Didn't get to him in time
"What's been happening?"
Its so hard to sleep at night
Its so hard to sleep at night, to sleep at night
[Chorus]
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through
And she calls
Have You Heard the News? was written by Mark Hollis.
Have You Heard the News? was produced by Colin Thurston.