(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
     read all about it tell me
   have you heard the news
   captain bob he don't pay no dues
   you know he's looking in my window
   he's stepping on my toes
   don't want the truth and it goes to show
     i got a joker up my sleeve
   i know what to believe
   it ain't right just because it's in black and
   white
     find yourself a hero
   treat him like a friend
   you build him up and tear him down again
   it don't hold a candle hold it to the light
   check it out is it wrong or right
   is this the news of the world
   it's just a pretty girl
   she's all the news that's fit to print in
   black and white
     inside information taken down note by note
   a silent footstep that's all she wrote
   shit that's all she wrote
   no need to worry the baby's gone to bed
   dreaming dirty dreams in black and white
   and read
   now i got nothing to fear
   is this the scoop of the year
   headlines on my bathroom wall
   in black and white