Six O'clock News Lyrics - John Prine

Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one 

The father was a stranger and a stranger was the son 

Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home 

Changing all them diapers, polish all that chrome 

C'mon baby, spend the night with me 

All around the schoolyard playing all the games 

Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names 

Stranger in the closet, lock the diary 

The past is running faster singing harmony 

C'mon baby, spend the night with me 

"God bless this kitchen", said the knick-knack shelf 

The dinner's almost ready, go and wash yourself 

Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old 

The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold 

C'mon baby, spend the night with me 

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Sneaking in the closet and through the diary 

Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see 

The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news 

His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes 

C'mon baby, spend the night with me 

C'mon baby, spend the night with me 

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