I've got a ticket for Southeast Asia,
Got my camera and press-card badge,
They only paid me to stay the weekend,
But if I never come back...
The flight was pretty rough,
I got a room, took a sauna,
The bellboy gook put my bags on the bed,
He left without his tip.
Then I loaded up my Hasselblad full of film,
And I stepped outside,
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?
All those kids without shoes - what can I do?
Military coups - what can I do?
I'm just the six o'clock...
I got a suite at the Saigon Hilton,
Cocktail parties with Premiere Ky.
We talk about how the war is going and watch his color TV.
I'm the six o'clock news (what can I do?)
Drinking black market booze (what can I do?)
In red, white and true blue (what can I do?)
I am the six o'clock...
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 ...
I got a close-up view.
I'm the six o'clock news (what can I do?)
Guerilla rendezvous (what can I do?)
All these kids with no shoes (what can I do?
Napalm tattoos (what can I do)
No (what can I do?)
What can I do?
What can I do?
What can I do?
I'm just the six o'clock news.
