In the News
written by Kris Kristofferson
Album: "This Old Road"
3/8/06


INTRO: D

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Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter
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Chained to a heavy thing and threw her in the water
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And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her
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A little piece of truth and beauty died

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Burnin' up the atmosphere and cuttin' down the trees
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The billion dollar bombin' of a nation on its knees
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Anyone not marchin' to their tune they call it treason
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Everyone says God is on his side

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See the lightnin' hear the cries
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Of the wounded of a world in holy war
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Mortal thunder from the skies
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Killin' everything they say they're fightin for

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Broken babies, broken homes
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Broken hearted people dyin' everyday
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How'd this happen, what went wrong
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Don't blame God I swear to God I heard Him say

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"Not in My name, not on My ground
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I want nothin' but the endin' of the war
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No more killin' or it's over
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And the Mystery won't matter anymore"

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Broken dreamers, broken rules
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Broken hearted people just like me and you
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We are children of the stars
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Don't blame God I swear to God He's cryin' too

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"Not in My name, not on My ground
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I want nothin' but the endin' of the war
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No more killin', or it's over
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And the Mystery won't matter anymore"

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Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter
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Chained her to a heavy thing and threw her in the water
        D
And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her
A                                  D
A little piece of truth and beauty died