oh the news will travel slowly   over broken glass   and I'll bet you've heard that story   under the overpass      got no time to weep for something   you?ll never get back   if your feeling cold and lonely   under the overpass      hallelujah hallelujah   under the overpass      dingo cry in the middle of the night   snakeskin crawl under desert sunlight   I wish and I hope   someone's there to drink from the soak   in the town where I hit the ground   its the town with the full nelson sound      yea the news will travel slowly   over broken glass   time and again your gonna hear that story   under the overpass      got no time to weep for something   you can never get back   if your feeling cold and lonely   under the overpass      you can never get back   if your feeling sad and lonely   under the overpass      hallelujah (repeated in various forms)   under the overpass   under the overpass