I've seen the news and heard the blues

There's heartache everywhere

Life's so unfair to everyone

It's absolutely fair!

This poor man begs for money 'cause he's camping on the street

That rich man's got an ulcer 'cause he's scared he can't compete

This widow's lost her husband with four hungry mouths to feed

That C.E.O. screams Go! Go! Go! consumed by corp'rate greed

I've seen the news and heard the blues

There's heartache everywhere

Life's so unfair to everyone

It's absolutely fair!

The prison's full of convicts scarfin' three squares on death row

While countless starving children get no food to help them grow

Society's been splattered by the B. S. being flung

The pimps arrive in limos while the good depart life young

I've seen the news and heard the blues

There's heartache everywhere

Life's so unfair to everyone

It's absolutely fair!

A government so bankrupt that a buck ain't worth a dime

Keeps raking in to squander half of what was yours and mine

Boy-soldier being shipped home from someone's pointless war

Has lost his eyes... been paralyzed... and can't see what it's for

I've seen the news and heard the blues

There's heartache everywhere

Life's so unfair to everyone

It's absolutely fair!

We'll drive each other wacky whining 'bout what we ain't got

Or how our neighbor's life's so cool when no one's life's that hot

We'd probably do better being happy who we are

Than wasting time complaining we can't buy that second car

I've seen the news and heard the blues

There's heartache everywhere

Life's so unfair to everyone

It's absolutely fair!