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Lissin
· Apr 21, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Same Old American Sky
This morning's news, an ancient tune
The Same Old American Sky
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This morning's news, an ancient tune
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The morning paper hits the porch again
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Same old ink, just different men
0:07
They're setting up the stage for a summer fight
0:11
Trading letters in the pale moonlight
0:15
No commission hall, just a TV glow
0:19
CNN in June, a two-man show
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Then ABC will call the tune in the fall
0:26
Heard this story once, I've heard 'em all
0:30
Oh, the wheel it turns, the story's old
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Of silver tongues and power sold
0:38
The headlines shout, the ink runs dry
0:41
Beneath the same old American sky
0:45
A brand new day, a borrowed rhyme
0:49
Just killin' time 'til the end of time
0:53
The price of gas is on the rise
0:57
You see the worry in your neighbor's eyes
1:00
The Fed keeps watchin', holds its breath
1:04
Talkin' 'bout life, talkin' 'bout death
1:08
And the nine old robes in their hallowed hall
1:12
Said the Consumer Bureau won't fall
1:16
Its funding's safe, the law is sound
1:19
Another stone on contested ground
1:23
Oh, the wheel it turns, the story's old
1:27
Of silver tongues and power sold
1:31
The headlines shout, the ink runs dry
1:35
Beneath the same old American sky
1:38
A brand new day, a borrowed rhyme
1:42
Just killin' time 'til the end of time
1:46
But across the sea on a foreign shore
1:50
A filmmaker knocks on a golden door
1:54
Coppola's dream, a city's fate
1:57
On a silver screen, outside the gate
2:01
While the pundits shout and the ballots loom
2:05
He's building worlds inside a darkened room
2:09
Oh, the wheel it turns, the story's old
2:13
Of silver tongues and power sold
2:16
The headlines shout, the ink runs dry
2:20
Beneath the same old American sky
2:24
A brand new day, a borrowed rhyme
2:28
Just killin' time 'til the end of time
