other people's lives

can't believe what i just read

gossip on the internet

now the tabloids have the news

cross my heart it just ain't true

i never thought it of you

name names and every line

is feeding their suspicious minds

i'm not bitter or angry

i'm only feeling sympathy

you really found the time

to feed the reporter with your views

see the reporter break the news

read the reporter

join the queue

spread the news

scandalize

words cut like a thousand knives

take the cash

bag the prize

for playing games with other people's lives

see the reporter break the news

read the reporter

join the queue

eat it up

take a bite

feed the reader's appetite

they'll swallow anything you write

as long as it's in black and white

and full of titillation

i can't believe what i just read

excuse me

i just vomited

tell your story

it's your call

so autobiographical

but oh

so trivial

feed the reporter

they put it on the internet

to help improve the circulation

they'll pepper it with lies

it's only other people's lives

feed the reporter

read the reporter

politicians dressed in drag

careers stopped with quick back stab

while anonymous informer flees

and leaves us with our fantasy

and erotic visions

who did what

when

to whom

in the dominatrix room?

tabloids daily titillate

each sordid tale reverberates

all across the nation

feed the reporter

read the reporter

a rumor then a vicious phrase

a poison pen can wreck your day

and weather words that crucify

as tabloid judges sharpen up their knives

read the reporter

black and white

see the reporter

victimize

see a poor sucker

crucified

to stop the truth

so tell your lies

betray your friends and get the prize

the dagger's in

now twist the knife

the gutter's full of other people's lives