0:00 Gather 'round and listen close, I've got a tale for you0:04 Of a tower made of glass and gold on Fifth Avenue0:09 A former king, a story told in a courtroom, stark and cold0:13 Where a dozen faces, plain and true, watched a new history unfold0:18 Thirty-four times the gavel fell, a felony's sharp sting0:22 A verdict whispered, then a yell, what will the summer bring?0:27 Come the seventh month, a date is set, to measure out the cost0:31 For the first time that a president has ever truly lost.0:36 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds0:40 The same old stories for these new minds0:45 The headlines shout, the leaders call0:49 But the sun still sets and the rain will fall0:54 I've seen this play a thousand times before0:58 Then packed my bag and walked right out the door.1:03 Across the sea where sands are red and olive trees don't grow1:07 A paper branch for the countless dead, a chance to let peace flow1:12 From the White House lawn, a hopeful plea, a plan in stages three1:16 To break the walls and set them free, for all the world to see1:21 Hamas has nodded, Israel waits, a fragile, hopeful pause1:25 To mend the wounds and change the fates, and rewrite bitter laws.1:30 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds1:34 The same old stories for these new minds1:39 The headlines shout, the leaders call1:43 But the sun still sets and the rain will fall1:48 I've seen this play a thousand times before1:52 Then packed my bag and walked right out the door.1:57 But here at home, the wind bites deep, the clouds are turning gray2:01 While promised harvests are hard to keep, and folks still have to pay2:06 The price of gas to get to town, the cost of bread and grain2:10 A heavy worry bears you down, an old and tired pain2:15 The sky turned green on Texas plains, the twisters roared with claw2:19 And out west where it never rains, the sun's a burnin' law.2:24 They write it all in black and white, a verdict's heavy reach2:28 A distant war, a fragile light, a lesson they all teach2:33 And what I sing of worldly cost, of markets tossed and turned2:37 Is general news of what's been lost, not advice that must be learned2:42 It's just a tale, take it from me, for you to hear and see.2:46 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds2:51 The same old stories for these new minds2:55 The headlines shout, the leaders call3:00 But the sun still sets and the rain will fall3:04 I've seen this play a thousand times before3:09 Then packed my bag and walked right out the door.
