Time will say nothing but I told you so,
News International knows the price to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
If we should weep when Murdoch flaunts his dough,
If we should care what other papers say,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.
There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I hate you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know.
The winds must come from Wapping when they blow,
The Press Commission doesn’t know which way;
Time will say nothing but I told you so.
Perhaps the readers really want it so,
The tabloids seriously intend to stay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
Suppose the hacks all get up and go,
And all the Brooks and Coulsons run away?
Will time say nothing but I told you so?
If I could tell you I would let you know.
(with apologies to W.H. Auden)
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