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Lissin
· Jun 9, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The River of News
An American Tale from This Week
The River of News
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An American Tale from This Week
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Down in Detroit where the engines sleep
0:04
The picket line held promises to keep
0:08
For forty days, the tools lay on the floor
0:13
A fight for a little, then a little bit more
0:17
The man named Fain, he stood up tall and proud
0:22
Spoke for the silent, working crowd
0:26
And the Big Three giants, one by one, gave way
0:31
For a piece of the future at the end of the day
0:35
Oh, the news it rolls on like a river's flow
0:40
Planting new seeds in the dust where old things grow
0:44
It's the same old story in a different year
0:49
Built on the back of our hope and our fear
0:53
On Capitol Hill, the marble halls are cold
0:58
A tale of a leader who was bought and sold
1:02
The gavel fell from a shaking hand
1:07
Leaving a broken house in a divided land
1:11
For weeks they argued, called each other names
1:16
Playing out their old and bitter games
1:20
'Til a quiet man from a southern state
1:24
Was given the keys to a heavy gate
1:29
Oh, the news it rolls on like a river's flow
1:33
Planting new seeds in the dust where old things grow
1:38
It's the same old story in a different year
1:42
Built on the back of our hope and our fear
1:47
From the factory floor to the halls of state
1:51
We're all just wrestling with our given fate
1:56
A little more power, a little more pay
2:00
Just trying to see a slightly brighter day
2:05
And the wires hum with a digital ghost
2:09
A thinking machine that we fear the most
2:14
But the question it asks is the one we've always known
2:18
What do we do with the seeds we've sown?
2:23
Oh, the news it rolls on like a river's flow
2:27
Planting new seeds in the dust where old things grow
2:32
It's the same old story in a different year
2:36
Built on the back of our hope and our fear
