Six O'Clock News Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sk84urlife 

Cover art for Six O'Clock News lyrics by John Prine

this song is so sad it makes me cry. its about a kid that grows up not knowing his father, and gets into "trouble" for it. it ends up with him going out and being killed, but could also be taken that he went out to find the dad who abandoned him and actually murdered him. i love the way john repeats the line "c'mon baby, spend the night with me" which i believe is the father of the child to the mother. it is a constant reminder us all what can happen as a result of a one night stand and premature relationship. jp is sooo gr8!

The song is about a lady that spends her life sleeping with strange men looking for love (or money) and then she gets pregnant and has a baby. She doesn't know who the real father is and that's why she gave the boy two first names. "Polish all that chrome" refers to one of the sexual acts Wanda performs on the men. When James Lewis is old enough to read, he finds his mother's diary and reads about where he really came from. He is so distraught he commits suicide by jumping out a window (his brains were on the...