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· Jun 1, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Same Old Story
A Ballad of the Daily News
The Same Old Story
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A Ballad of the Daily News
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In a New York courtroom, the gavels did fall
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On a man who once built a golden wall
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Thirty-four counts, the jury did read
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For a silent promise and a hidden deed
0:21
A king in the papers, a first for the land
0:26
His fate for the summer in a judge's hand
0:32
Oh, the wheel of fortune, it turns and it grinds
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Leaving old headlines for new ones to find
0:43
The names all may change, the dates fade away
0:48
But it's the same old story I'm singing today
0:53
Down on the border where the Rio runs low
0:59
A new order's coming, a new wind will blow
1:04
Two thousand five hundred a day is the line
1:09
They're closing the book with a new-written sign
1:15
For the hopeful, the tired, the ones in the dust
1:20
A paper decree from a house full of trust
1:26
Oh, the wheel of fortune, it turns and it grinds
1:31
Leaving old headlines for new ones to find
1:36
The names all may change, the dates fade away
1:42
But it's the same old story I'm singing today
1:47
One man in a courthouse, another in the sun
1:53
One's race has been judged, one's has just begun
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The ink on the law book, the heat on the plain
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It's all just the rhythm of power and pain
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And the sun beats on Texas, a merciless eye
2:14
The rivers run shallow, the wellsprings run dry
2:19
The old folks will tell you it's never been so
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As the mercury climbs and the hot winds just blow
2:30
A fever is rising all over the ground
2:36
But there ain't a new cure to be found
2:41
Oh, the wheel of fortune, it turns and it grinds
2:46
Leaving old headlines for new ones to find
2:52
The names all may change, the dates fade away
2:57
But it's the same old story I'm singing today
