Light the Stove
How will I light the stove
When the paper don’t come no more?
It happened up in Seattle
But they have another one
For now
I got two being half way
Between Tacoma and Olympia
But that can’t last either it seems
They’ll be able to get away with
Worse than they’ve been doing
Without reporters digging and asking
Didn’t anyone notice what happens
When reporters don’t ask the hard
Questions we all have in the bars
Like about yellow cake and WMD
TV people don’t come up with facts
The talking heads don’t write
Blog people don’t investigate
They link and cut and paste
It barely happens in radio
Bless the hold outs and NPR
But when the newspapers go
Nobody’ll light the stove
We’ll just fuel rumors
And burn paranoia
and neighborhoods
How will I light the stove
When the paper don’t come no more?
It happened up in Seattle
But they have another one
For now
I got two being half way
Between Tacoma and Olympia
But that can’t last either it seems
They’ll be able to get away with
Worse than they’ve been doing
Without reporters digging and asking
Didn’t anyone notice what happens
When reporters don’t ask the hard
Questions we all have in the bars
Like about yellow cake and WMD
TV people don’t come up with facts
The talking heads don’t write
Blog people don’t investigate
They link and cut and paste
It barely happens in radio
Bless the hold outs and NPR
But when the newspapers go
Nobody’ll light the stove
We’ll just fuel rumors
And burn paranoia
and neighborhoods
1 comment:
Nice turn of phrase and image.
I have to believe that there will always be intrepid souls determined to heat things up - now with laser to replace yesterday's flashlight.
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