In a strange and distant place About a million miles away Came the sound of gunfire ringing in my ears Although I was so near I'm glad that it's not here I have pity on the people who have to live in this way I see everything, I bear witness to it all Just a reporter of foreign wars, reporter or foreign wars In the southern hemisphere Where all the people live in fear I saw blood-shed, hunger, and men who hae no ears And it's such a mystery While we're looking for the key There's crazy folks fighting for nothing all these years I have pity on the people who have to live in this way I see everything, I bear witness to it all Just a reporter of foreign wars, reporter of foreign wars So I sit back in my chair So as just to clear the air It's my job to tell it right just like I see I have pity on the people who have to live in this way I see everything, I bear witness to it all Just a reporter of foreign wars, reporter of foreign wars