what else is new

caliornia's still on fire

and it don't rain no more in texas

there's a few less ice caps way up north of here

mother russia stays pissed-off

yeah

she's got some big old bombs

still throwin' around her weight after all these years

and the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream

yeah

the cost of livin' goes up and the pay goes down

i don't care what's right or left

y'all

i'm just out here with the rest

in the middle class

that still means broke to me

what else is new? i'm tellin' you

i'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' thru

we don't let no bad news hang around

it's the same old situation

all the problems facin' our great nation

so to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down

and the politicians will never know

how we let their egos go

no

they could not give to damns 'bout you and me

yeah

but they still got their pensions

with some tactics they'd rather not mention

that's the price we pay for been livin' free

what else is new? i'm tellin' you

i'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' thru

we don't let no bad news hang around

it's the same old situation

all the problems facin' our great nation

so to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down

what else is new? i'm tellin' you

i'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin thru

we don't let no bad news hang around

it's the same old situation

all the problems facin' our great nation

so to hell to all those bringin' that bad news down