[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Yesterday's news, said people were dying down in Africa
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Burned in the afternoon sun too little to eat
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Armies of 'saviours' ran to the rescue, while the world looked on
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To help while the cameras were rolling, then sound the retreat
[Chorus]
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ohh, yesterday's news
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ohh, yesterday's news
[Verse 2]
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Yesterday's news said thousands of children would surely die
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The refuse of love gone wrong, love put to the test
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Angry disciples, now have grown silent I, the worst of all
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My passion for righteousness joins the children at rest
[Chorus]
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ohh, like yesterday's news
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ohh, yesterday's news
[Bridge]
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But today under the weight of the world
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Only so much attention to go around
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And yesterday's tears, like morning dew, have burned away
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But unto the least of these
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He said "you've done it to me"
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oh yesterday's news come back, break my heart today
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Yesterday's news said the King of the Jews met a cruel fate
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Nailed to a tree over love - that's what I've heard
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I can't shake that vision Innocence bleeding in my place
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Yesterday, today and forever always the same, always the same
[End]
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yesterday's news
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just yesterday
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cant' stop thinkin' about it
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yesterday's news can't shake that vision