hook
extra extra read all about it
extra extra read all about it
i’m talking front page story all over the world
it shook up men women boys and girls
the headlines read ‘if you wanna be rich’
then you better make sure that you got your shh oh come on
hit it
run it
run it
press it
here’s what’s happening
hot off the press
for everybody here we’re gonna do our best
to make you holler make you scream
i heard it on the news it’s an incredible scene
i just got the word
our jamming is connecting everybody i heard
to make you party make you sweat
you’re even gonna feel it through your tv set
i said the headlines
headlines have you heard it
headlines
headlines hit it
special award
it’s rockin’ in the front paper jammin’ the sports
it makes your body soakin’ wet
a devastatin’ rhythm that you’ll never forget
i just got the news
got it printed in the paper everything that you do
you wanna party rock and roll
there’s a hot news tip for your radio
it’s the headlines tell me have you heard it
headlines read all about it baby
headlines headlines
headlines hit it
here’s the dirt
hook
extra extra read all about it extra extra read all about it
we got the beat and we gonna shout it we got the beat and we gonna shout it
extra extra read all about it extra extra read all about it
we got the beat and we gonna shout it we got the beat and we gonna shout it
4
it got down to the part that it was rough and raw
said you gotta do somethin’ ‘stead of nothin’ at all
because there’s people you desire people you admire
you wanna go places before you get too tired
we want the truth about what’s been goin’ on
so we chitter chatter gossip on our telephone
well now our time is running out we ain’t got forever
everybody wants a piece of lifelong pleasure
oh yeah yeah
headlines read all about it
headlines headlines
it’s in the streets
headlines headlines
headlines
it’s in the news
hook
extra extra read all about it extra extra read all about it
we got the beat and we gonna shout it we got the beat and we gonna shout it
extra extra read all about it extra extra read all about it
we got the beat and we gonna shout it we got the beat and we gonna shout it
headlines everybody’s talking about the
headlines tell me have you heard it
headlines a frontpage story
headlines headlines
headlines line ’em up line ’em up
headlines oh have you heard it
headlines headlines
headlines ooh hit it
5
turned to the classifieds searchin’ through the lost and found
heard it from a little birdie told me what was goin’ down
got your business in the streets
i read across the states he had to say you like to mess around
that’s when i knew that you were sneakin’ out all over town
i read it in the headlines
4
it got down to the part that it was rough and raw
said you gotta do somethin’ ‘stead of nothin’ at all
because there’s people you desire people you admire
you wanna go places before you get too tired
we want the truth about what’s been goin’ on
so we chitter chatter gossip on our telephone
well now our time is running out we ain’t got forever
everybody wants a piece of lifelong pleasure
headlines
headlines
headlines
headlines
everything that you do is written in the paper
now you wanna party don’t be a troublemaker
it’s in the news
5
turned to the classifieds searchin’ through the lost and found
heard it from a little birdie told me what was goin’ down
got your business in the streets
i read across the states he had to say you like to mess around
that’s when i knew that you were sneakin’ out all over town
i read it in the headlines
headlining the news
midnight star’s fresh new beat conquers the world
the bears win the pennant
lottery winner blows 40 million
i wish he’d blew it on me
today’s weather hot and steamy
i gotta go have a great day
we’ve got the beat
we’re gonna shout it
part of 4
we want the truth about what’s been goin’ on
so we chitter chatter gossip on our telephone
well now our time is running out we ain’t got forever
everybody wants a piece of lifelong pleasure
rototic voice
we’ve got midnight star just a record on a mike
gonna do it to you all day and night
you really want to know about the news
i read it in the headlines
i read it in the headlines
i read it in the headlines
i read it in the headlines
i gotta go
Artist: Midnight Star
Year: 1986
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 432