Dirty Laundry

 Dirty Laundry

"Dirty Laundry"

By Don Henley

I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something
Something I can use
People love it when you lose
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor
But I wound up here
I just have to look good
I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down


We got the bubble headed
Bleached blonde
Comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash
With a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation
Is the head dead yet
You know the boys in the newsroom
Got a running bet
Get the widow on the set
We need dirty laundry


Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around


Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers
In everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

When a movie star has a baby, we think it's nice and want to see the baby. When a movie star has a baby and it's with a guy that is not her husband, that's a whole different story. We want details. We want to know who the baby's father is. We want everything we can get on the love affair.

We want Dirty Laundry

Since Donald Trump said he will go to all lengths to stop anyone from see his tax returns, we really want to know what's in those returns. Because he is so adamant about no one see them, we assume there are things he did that are bad. We assume there will be scandal. 

We love Dirty Laundry

You see, when it's about someone we don't like or someone that thinks their shit doesn't stink, we want to:

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around

It's our nature. It makes some of us happy. It's the reason we watch and read all the bad news. Why, because:

We love Dirty Laundry