[F7]I make my living off the evening news [D#7]Just give me something, something I can use [A#7]People love it when you lose [F7]They love dirty laundry
[F7]Well I could have been an actor but I wound up here [D#7]I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear [A#7]Come and whisper in my ear [F7]Give us dirty laundry
[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X) [G#]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em all around
[F7]We got the bubble-headed bleach blonde comes on at five [D#7]She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye [A#7]It's int'resting when people die [F7]Give us dirty laundry
[F7]Can we film the operation, is the head dead yet [D#7]Y'know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet [A#7]Get the widow on the set [F7]We need dirty laundry
[F7]You don't really need to find out what's going on [D#7]You don't really want to know just how far it's gone [A#7]Just leave well enough alone [F7]Eat your dirty laundry
[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X) [G#]Kick 'em where they sit, [A#]kick 'em all around
[C]Kick 'em when they're up, [A#]kick 'em when they're down (3X) [G#]Kick 'em where they sit, [A#]kick 'em all around
[G7]Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies [F7]We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pies [C7]We love to cut you down to size [G7]We love dirty laundry
[G7]We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing [F7]When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing [C7]We all know that crap is king [G7]Give us dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down {Repeat to fade}