Song Lyric of the Day (George and Ira Gershwin, on Incomprehension of the News)

“The more I read the papers
 The less I comprehend
 The world and all its capers
 And how it all will end.”— “Love Is Here To Stay,” lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, originally written for the film The Goldwyn Follies (1938), reprinted in Ira Gershwin: Selected Lyrics, edited by Robert Kimball (2009)