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.

CBS, ABC, NBC...