Suddenly it's over, the war is fin'lly done.   Soldiers in the desert sand, still clingin' to a gun.   No-one is the winner an' everyone must lose.   Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.      Suddenly celebrity is somethin' back in style.   Back to runnin' tabloid for a while.   Pain's almost everywhere, the whole world's got the blues.   Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.      That's the news, that's the news.   That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news.   Someone's missin;' in Modesto, an' it's sad about the clues.   Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.      Instrumental break.      Suddenly the cost of war is somethin' out of sight.   Lost a lotta heroes in the fight.   Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues.   Suddenly the war is over, that's the news.      That's the news, that's the news.   That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news.   Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues.   Suddenly the war is over, that's the news.