0:00 Come gather 'round and lend an ear, the news is on the wire0:07 Two old men will take the stage, to fan a fading fire0:15 Down in Atlanta's summer haze, the nation holds its breath0:23 To hear the same old arguments of life and tax and death0:30 They'll draw their lines upon the sand, with words as sharp as stones0:38 While the land outside just groans and sighs and rattles in its bones0:46 The headlines roll like thunder, the ink is barely dry0:53 A new day's trouble's born beneath an ancient, weary sky1:01 From Washington to the western sea, the wheel just turns and turns1:09 Another page, another age, another lesson never learned1:16 The court has spoken from on high, in robes of black and gray1:24 And what was banned just yesterday is now allowed to stay1:32 A piece of steel, a rapid fire, the argument runs deep1:39 'Bout the promises a country has and the ones it just can't keep1:47 The ghosts of old debates arise, a question in the air1:55 'Bout the price of feeling safe at home and the burdens we all share2:02 The headlines roll like thunder, the ink is barely dry2:10 A new day's trouble's born beneath an ancient, weary sky2:18 From Washington to the western sea, the wheel just turns and turns2:25 Another page, another age, another lesson never learned2:33 And the sun beats down, a hammer blow, from coast to shining coast2:41 The heat dome settles on the land, a silent, shimmering ghost2:48 The asphalt melts, the rivers shrink, the air is thick with plight2:56 As if the Earth itself is tired of our endless, human fight3:04 The headlines roll like thunder, the ink is barely dry3:11 A new day's trouble's born beneath an ancient, weary sky3:19 From Washington to the western sea, the wheel just turns and turns3:27 Another page, another age, another lesson never learned
