| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Did you see the front headline | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Baby let me lend you mine | 
| There on the front page was a picture | 
| Of a crowd as they watched a parade passing by | 
| And through the haze of last nights sleep | 
| Something familiar caught my eye | 
| There was a couple looking so much in love, yes | 
| They had a front line view | 
| And as I pulled the paper closer | 
| I realized standing next to her it was you | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Did you see the front headline | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Baby let me lend you mine | 
| Now I know why you’ve been working late each night | 
| And no longer have desire to ever hold me tight | 
| And your busy, busy schedule was all a lie | 
| Oh, even the dream with a bonus, oh just another alibi | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Did you see the front headline | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Baby let me lend you mine | 
| Did you get the news today | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Isn’t the picture very clear | 
| Where do we go from here | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Did you see the front headlines | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Baby let me lend you mine | 
| Oh, what now | 
| Did you read the morning paper | 
| Did you get the news today |