open the papers
turn on the news
survey the headlines
its all doom and gloom
mountains erupting
there's bodies in lakes
there's nothing but bad news coming my way
slingshots and arrows
the forecast is cold
suicide's up 10% so i'm told
the mirror the sun yeah they all say the same
Denis o Brien's in the news once again

chorus

yeah, what i wouldn't give to be somewhere
anywhere's better than this
what i wouldn't give to be somewhere

landslides and earthquakes explosions and war
millions left homeless i cant take no more
propaganda and bullshit pumped into our eyes
if it isn't bad news it's right wing lies
slingshots and arrows gunshots and crime
big bold black letters on front of the times
remind me of what state the world's in today
the headlines change but the story's the same

double vocal chorus

yeah, what i wouldn't give to be somewhere.............an all i wanna do
is be somewhere else with you
anywhere's better than this........................................an all i wanna say
what i wouldn't give to be somewhere.....is maybe someday things will
change
billboards are saying send twenty quid
while showing us faces of poor starving kids
mothers they cry in the streets why oh why
must we send our poor sons off to war just to die

chorus

yeah, what i wouldn't give to be somewhere
anywhere's better than this
what i wouldn't give to be somewhere