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· May 21, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The June Dust Ballad
Another verse in the long song of history
The June Dust Ballad
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Another verse in the long song of history
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The dust of June is on my boots, I've come another hundred miles
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Through valleys deep and twisted roots, and faces wearing weary smiles
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I sat me down to hear the news, a tale for this American land
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And saw the same old worn-out shoes, walking patterns in the sand
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They put two old men on a lighted stage, in a town they call Atlanta
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A well-known war on a brand new page, a political Santa Ana
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There was Biden's voice, a whispered thing, and Trump with words of fire and steel
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And a nation watched the pendulum swing, wondering which version was real
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Oh, the wheel it turns, the story's told
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In headlines fresh and ages old
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Of power won and justice sought
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And the bitter lessons dearly bought
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It's just another verse, you see
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In the long, long song of history
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The nine in robes, they cast their votes, from a marble hall so high
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And sent a ruling down that smotes the folks beneath an open sky
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In Grants Pass town, the law was made, you can't just sleep out on the ground
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So the homeless man, now more afraid, must keep on wandering 'round and 'round
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Meanwhile the sun, a copper plate, is burning down on Texas plains
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And Phoenix asphalt seals your fate, while everyone just prays for rains
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The power grid is stretched and thin, the air itself feels hard to breathe
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Another fight you can't quite win, that the changing climate does bequeath
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Oh, the wheel it turns, the story's told
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In headlines fresh and ages old
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Of power won and justice sought
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And the bitter lessons dearly bought
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It's just another verse, you see
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In the long, long song of history
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From the highest court to the TV screen, to the heat that shimmers on the road
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It feels like scenes we've always seen, a heavy and familiar load
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Some search for hope, some search for blame, some just search for a little shade
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But everyone still speaks the name of the future they're afraid was made
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So I'll tune my strings and I'll move along, past the glowing screens and angry shouts
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And put today inside a song, to sing away the rising doubts
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Yeah, I'll sing away the rising doubts...
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And be on my way by morning.
