a name 

I recognise that name 

It was at the center of some ticker tape parade 

The lead story, 

A fine example 

A name, a name 

A name I recognise that name 

It was at the center of some magnifying glass 

The lead story, a fine example 

A name, a name 

He used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere 

Now everything depends on fighting some war 

He never thought he'd be an exclamation point 

A demonstration of his disease 

A punctuation mark 

A household name with hiv 

Still, it's just still sound