0:00 The summer heat hangs in the air,0:04 A heavy stillness of despair and dare.0:09 Down in Manhattan, a gavel's fall,0:14 Thirty-four echoes bounce off the wall.0:19 A man of gold, who wore a crown,0:23 Sees his own story written down.0:28 The jury's out, the verdict's read,0:33 And a new wild chapter lies ahead.0:38 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds,0:42 Forgetting some, what another finds.0:47 The ink is fresh, the page is new,0:52 But the story's old, for me and you.0:57 We watch the headlines rise and burn,1:01 Just another lesson we don't learn,1:06 Singin' the ballad of the here and now,1:11 Beneath a tired, heavy bough.1:16 Out on the coast, the wires they gleam,1:20 With the waking thoughts of a silicon dream.1:25 They say the future's born of light and code,1:30 Lifting a heavy, human load.1:35 But the factory man, he wipes his brow,1:39 Hears a silent engine humming now.1:44 The market soars on a digital prayer,1:49 While a quiet worry fills the air.1:54 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds,1:59 Forgetting some, what another finds.2:03 The ink is fresh, the page is new,2:08 But the story's old, for me and you.2:13 We watch the headlines rise and burn,2:18 Just another lesson we don't learn,2:22 Singin' the ballad of the here and now,2:27 Beneath a tired, heavy bough.2:32 The Texas sun, a burning eye,2:37 Watches the riverbeds run dry.2:41 And in the plains, the sirens cry,2:46 As angry thunder fills the sky.2:51 We build our walls and choose our sides,2:56 While the patient, turning planet bides.3:00 Oh, the wheel of fortune turns and grinds,3:05 Forgetting some, what another finds.3:10 The ink is fresh, the page is new,3:15 But the story's old, for me and you.3:19 We watch the headlines rise and burn,3:24 Just another lesson we don't learn,3:29 Singin' the ballad of the here and now,3:34 Beneath a tired, heavy bough.
