That's The News Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Suddenly it's over, the war is fin'lly done. 

Soldiers in the desert sand, still clingin' to a gun. 

No-one is the winner an' everyone must lose. 

Suddenly the war is over: that's the news. 

Suddenly celebrity is somethin' back in style. 

Back to runnin' tabloid for a while. 

Pain's almost everywhere, the whole world's got the blues. 

Suddenly the war is over: that's the news. 

That's the news, that's the news. 

That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news. 

Someone's missin;' in Modesto, an' it's sad about the clues. 

Suddenly the war is over: that's the news. 

Instrumental break. 

Suddenly the cost of war is somethin' out of sight. 

Lost a lotta heroes in the fight. 

Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues. 

Suddenly the war is over, that's the news. 

That's the news, that's the news. 

That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news. 

Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues. 

Suddenly the war is over, that's the news.