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.