I got me a job on the local paper 
Everybody there thinks I'm nice 
But they'd better look twice 
`Cos it isn't me 
I wanna be 
Headline hustler 
Scandal maker 
Headline hustler 
Money taker 
You keep writing me letters 
But I haven't got time 
I'm busy looking at photographs 
But they'd better not be from the BBC 
You're gonna hear from me 
Headline hustler 
Scandal maker 
Headline hustler 
Money taker 
Better not turn around 
I'll stab you in the back 
And you don't know what I'm hiding 
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac 
I got a very good friend in the CIA 
And he says that he never takes bribes 
But he's telling lies 
`Cos he's into me 
He knows I wanna be 
Headline hustler 
Scandal maker 
Headline hustler 
Money taker 
If your brother's wearing dresses 
And your neighbour's swapped his wife 
Well, I'm gonna make the headlines 
With your private life 
With your other wife 
Headline hustler 
Scandal maker 
Headline hustler 
Money taker 
Headline hustler 
Scandal maker 
Headline hustler 
Money taker