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· May 14, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Old Wheel Turns
A Ballad of the Daily News
The Old Wheel Turns
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A Ballad of the Daily News
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In a New York court, the ceiling was high
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Twelve silent faces watched the days go by
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Thirty-four times, the clerk did read
0:13
A seed of trouble from a long-sown deed
0:17
Of ledgers kept and secrets paid
0:22
A former king, his fortunes swayed
0:26
The jury left, and then returned
0:31
With a lesson taught, a lesson learned.
0:35
Oh, the old wheel turns, the story's spun
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Of a father's pride and a wayward son
0:44
The scales of justice, heavy and slow
0:48
While the same old winds of trouble blow
0:53
From the marbled halls to the border town
0:57
Another story's going down.
1:02
Down Delaware way, a different name
1:06
Is caught inside a different game
1:11
The President's boy, with a heavy past
1:15
A shadow that was built to last
1:19
A question asked on a government form
1:24
A family's shelter in a public storm
1:28
About a gun, and a time of pain
1:33
While the world outside just feels the rain.
1:37
Oh, the old wheel turns, the story's spun
1:42
Of a father's pride and a wayward son
1:46
The scales of justice, heavy and slow
1:50
While the same old winds of trouble blow
1:55
From the marbled halls to the border town
1:59
Another story's going down.
2:04
The river runs a muddy thread
2:08
Between the living and the hopeful dead
2:13
A President signs with a worried hand
2:17
To close the door on the promised land
2:22
Two-thousand-five-hundred souls a day
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Is the number that will turn them all away
2:30
The gate is locked, the message plain
2:35
Come back when it's sunny, if it ain't the rain.
2:39
And the sun beats down on the thirsty ground
2:44
I don't hear no new or different sound
2:48
Just the same old song of power and might
2:53
Of who is wrong and who is right
2:57
I've seen this play a thousand times before
3:01
With different names knocking on a different door.
3:06
Oh, the old wheel turns, the story's spun
3:10
Of a father's pride and a wayward son
3:15
The scales of justice, heavy and slow
3:19
While the same old winds of trouble blow
3:24
From the marbled halls to the border town
3:28
Another story's going down.
