My Advice to Purveyors, Consumers, and Producers of Soft News

This old Sly and the Family Stone song is pretty prescient. Before we engage in the satisfaction of seeing someone gets theirs in the end, we might be wise to consider this first.
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Pretty pretty pretty as a picture
Witty witty witty as you can be

Blind 'cause your eyes see only glitter
Closed to the things that make you free

Ever stop to think about a downfall?
Happens at the end of every line

Just when you think you’ve pulled a fast one
Happens to the foolish all the time

Somebody’s watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you

Games are to played with toys etcetera
Love is to be made when you’re for real

Ups and downs are caused by life in general
Some are yours no matter how you feel

Shady as a lady in a mustache
Feelings camouflaged by groans and grins

Secrets have a special way about them
Moving to and fro among your friends

Somebody’s watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you

Live it up today if you want to
Live it down tomorrow afternoon

Sunday school don’t make you cool forever
Neither does the silver of your spoon

The nicer the nice the higher the price
this is what you pay for what you need

The higher the price the nicer the nice
Jealous people like to see you bleed