On the news today I heard That there's a sequence of events about to unfold On the radio I learnt That there's a silence among the lips, of those never heard Oh how, how I pity you Who comes within an inch of making something that is called a difference in this world How I pity you Who never mind the consequences Dig up your own grave to follow through For my television I crave To bear witness to an image of something greater With those famous magazines I ripped up every page I could before I began to read Oh how I pity the fool Who comes within an inch of making something that is called a difference in this world How I pity you Who never mind the consequences Dig up your own grave to follow through Through, through Oh how, how I pity you, how I pity you, how I pity you, how do I appear to you Who comes within an inch of making something that is called a difference in this world How I pity you On the news today