I'm the writer got a front page cover
Hot gossip 'bout who's with their latest lover
I write all chapters by the second scene
I call the shots, don't need a Fleet Street teamI am a writer and I'm the news
You cross me you know, you're gonna loseI'll do the story if you're dead or alive
If seconds out or if you're gonna take a dive
Slip out the news or a piece of scandal
Don't toe the line, 'cause nothing's too hot to handleI am a writer and I'm the news
If you cross me you know, you're gonna lose
Yeah, you're gonna loseI am a writer and I am the news
If you cross me you know, you're gonna loseAnd where you are it's because of me
'Cause overnight you know it don't come free
I'll put you up there or I'll bring you down
'Cause nothing moves without me in this townI am a writer and I am the news
You cross me you know, you're gonna lose
Boy, you're gonna lose
I said, you're gonna loseI write the news I am the news
Got to, got to got to lose
Oh yeah, you're gonna lose
So don't step on my blue suede shoes
You're gonna lose