I got a ticket for southeast Asia I packed my camera and press card badge They only paid me to stay the weekend What if I never come back? The flight was pretty rough I got a room, took a sauna The bell boy gook put my bags on the bed He left without his tip Then I loaded up my Ha**elblad full of film And I stepped outside I'm taking pictures of burning houses Colored movies of misery I see the flash of guns How red the mud becomes I've got a close up view I'm the six o' clock news What can I do? Military coups What can I do? All those kids without shoes What can I do? I'm just the six o' clock news I got a suite at the Saigon Hilton co*ktail parties with premiere Ky We talk about how the war is goin' And watch his color TV I'm the six o' clock news What can I do? Drinkin' black market booze What can I do? I'm red and white and true blue What can I do? I am I am I am I am the six o' clock news Catch my plane flight back to the mainland Fall asleep to the engine's drone I see the flash of guns How red the mud becomes I've got a close up view I am I am I am I am I am the six o' clock news What can I do? Guerilla rendezvous What can I do? All those kids without shoes What can I do? I'm just the six o' clock news What can I do? Napalm tattoos What can I do? I am I am I am I am I am the six o' clock news CBS, ABC, NBC CBS, ABC, NBC CBS, ABC, NBC CBS, ABC, NBC...