Song Lyrics

I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
Hearing only sad news from Radio Africa

They've still got trouble with a monster in the South
Heads buried deep in that lion's mouth
Like a jaw snapped shut, it keeps them apart
If that jaw got broken it would be a start

I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
I'm hearing only sad news from Radio Africa

The West still complains about the foreign aid
They'd do better to change the terms of the trade
There's more tanks than food in the Ogaden
It looks like Moscow got it wrong again

I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
I'm hearing only sad news from Radio Africa
I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
I'm hearing only sad news

Mozambique and Mugabe
Still got FRELIMO I hear them say
But exchange means
Recession means
It all means it's harder to take
Tanzania could be moving up a gear
Instead they've got to step on the brake

I'm hearing only bad news (so many movements have come this far)
I'm hearing only bad news (the lending means and interest means it's harder to find)
I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa (independence has a hidden expense)
I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa (when the hands of the purse strings are white)

Hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
Hearing only bad news from Radio Africa
Hearing only the bad news from Radio Africa
Hearing only the bad news from Radio Africa

Hearing only bad news from Radio Africa

Michael Carlos Jones, Ronald Keefe, Stephen Robert Skaith