A song for our wonderful newspapers, who expose all secrets — except their own.
| Father of Seven in Suicide Pact! |
| Family is Swept out to Sea. |
| Policeman who Burgled is Caught in the Act. |
| Duchess is granted Decree. |
| Tell us your heart-aches, show us your pain. |
| Open your wounds to our sight. |
| Bleed for the camera and pose once again, |
| For the presses must roll tonight. |
| Late Extra! |
| The presses must roll tonight. |
| Scandal of Judge in Kerb-Crawling Case. |
| M.P.’s indulging in Vice. |
| Your Guide to Sex, wearing Knickers of Lace! |
| Delightfully Naughty but Nice. |
| Wash out your linen and give us the dirt. |
| Hold up your tears to the light. |
| Show us your agony, show us your hurt, |
| For the presses must roll tonight. |
| Late Extra! |
| The presses must roll tonight. |
| Bishop and Vicar in Choir-Boy Shock. |
| Wife-Swapping Orgy in Kent! |
| Axeman Kills Seven while Running Amok. |
| Pop-Star Denies he is Bent. |
| Bring out your skeletons, rattle their chains. |
| Show us your hatred and spite. |
| Razor your wrists for us, blow out your brains, |
| For the presses must roll tonight. |
| Late Extra! |
| The presses must roll tonight. |
| Star of Blue Movies is Dying of AIDS. |
| Banker Convicted of Fraud. |
| Hundreds made Homeless as Army Invades. |
| Husband is Killed ‘Cos He Snored! |
| Admit your affair and confess to your crime. |
| Cringe for the readers’ delight. |
| Allow us to rake through the muck and the slime, |
| For the presses must roll tonight. |
| Late Extra! |
| The presses must roll tonight. |
| Secrets of Newspaper Owner Unveiled? |
| Editor’s Mistress on Game? |
| Reporter who Fiddled Expenses is Jailed? |
| Journalist’s Secrets of Shame? |
| Sit on the story! Suppress every hint! |
| Privacy’s everyone’s right. |
| So some of the news we just cannot print, |
| And the presses are silent tonight. |
| No Comment! |
| The presses are silent tonight. |
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