It’s So Loathsome I Wonder Why

(tune: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,
Hank Williams,Sr or Paul Gilley (1949))

See that nightly news report,
Enough to make you cry.
The news from all around the world –
It’s so loathsome I wonder why.

Each night it is more of the same,
It more than makes you sigh.
Crime and war, even politics –
It’s so loathsome I wonder why.

Will we ever see a world of peace,
Love for the other guy?
Will maniacs and madmen leave?
It’s so loathsome I wonder why.

The good of man is hard to see
When evil blinds your eye.
It takes so few to spoil all –
It’s so loathsome I wonder why.

REPLY:

What’s The News?

(tune: Close To You,
Bacharach & David (1963))

Why do moths fatally appear
Every time flames are near?
Like we do, they need to know,
What’s the news?

Why do we turn in day and nights
To see all the awful sights?
Like we do, we need to know,
What’s the news?

From the day that we were born
The world is filled with unknowns
And who knows what troubles will come along
So, we stay alert and feed our fears of old
And hope to avoid all that’s wrong

That is why ‘though it makes us frown
It’s bad news that abounds.
Like we do, we need to know,
What’s the news?