0:00 In Washington, the robes of black0:04 Ponder words you can't take back0:08 On a screen that glows so bright and cold0:13 A new town square, a story told0:17 Florida, Texas, they drew a line0:22 Said 'You can't censor what is mine'0:26 But the high court asks with furrowed brow0:30 Who holds the speaker's gavel now?0:35 Oh, the headlines spin a modern yarn0:39 Of the courthouse steps and the burning barn0:44 But the weary traveler knows the tune0:48 Beneath this brand new, troubled moon0:53 The river flows, the wind still blows0:57 It's the same old seed, just a different rose1:01 Down in 'Bama, a hopeful prayer1:06 In a frozen glass, held with such care1:10 A chance for life, a family's dream1:15 Becomes a judge's solemn theme1:19 They ruled an embryo, a child to be1:23 And locked the doors of the IVF1:28 The cradle waits, the science stalls1:32 When a gavel's echo shakes the halls1:37 Oh, the headlines spin a modern yarn1:41 Of the courthouse steps and the burning barn1:46 But the weary traveler knows the tune1:50 Beneath this brand new, troubled moon1:54 The river flows, the wind still blows1:59 It's the same old seed, just a different rose2:03 The Panhandle sky is choked with smoke2:08 A rancher's heart is cracked and broke2:12 The Smokehouse Creek, a fiery wave2:16 Takes all the futures they tried to save2:21 The cattle lost, the fences melt2:25 A sorrow that our fathers felt2:30 When dust and fire claimed the plain2:34 And all you do is pray for rain2:39 From silicon to a mother's tear2:43 From prairie fire to whispered fear2:47 The names all change, the tools are new2:52 But the human heart must struggle through2:56 The same old fights, the same old plight3:01 To find some truth and seek the light3:05 Oh, the headlines spin a modern yarn3:09 Of the courthouse steps and the burning barn3:14 But the weary traveler knows the tune3:18 Beneath this brand new, troubled moon3:23 The river flows, the wind still blows3:27 It's the same old seed, just a different rose
