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· May 25, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Same Old Worries
A Ballad of the Daily News
The Same Old Worries
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A Ballad of the Daily News
0:00
The wind came tearing through the Iowa corn
0:03
A new kind of anger, a new trouble born
0:07
Left Greenfield scattered like a page in the breeze
0:11
And brought a whole town down to its knees
0:15
They say the funnel was a mile across the ground
0:18
Another wild story on the weather-go-round
0:22
While the Federal Reserve just talks and it waits
0:26
About closing the barn after opening the gates
0:30
Oh, the headlines they fly and the anchors they shout
0:33
But it's the same old story of in and of out
0:37
Who's got the power, who's got the bread?
0:41
The same old worries in a brand new bed
0:45
Another day's turning, another tale's spun
0:48
There's nothing new, boys, under the sun
0:52
The children are shouting on the college green
0:56
For a war-torn country they have never seen
1:00
From Columbia's lawn to the California coast
1:03
They're trading their youth for the ghost of a ghost
1:07
The elders just watch from their halls of debate
1:11
Scheduling contests to wrestle with fate
1:15
Two old names circling the prize once again
1:18
Like a storybook ending that never will end
1:22
Oh, the headlines they fly and the anchors they shout
1:26
But it's the same old story of in and of out
1:30
Who's got the power, who's got the bread?
1:33
The same old worries in a brand new bed
1:37
Another day's turning, another tale's spun
1:41
There's nothing new, boys, under the sun
1:45
The wires are humming a million new tales
1:48
Of rising prices and faltering scales
1:52
And I walk this road with a tune in my head
1:56
Of the things that were promised and things left unsaid
2:00
Every town I pass has a different fear
2:03
But they all sound the same when you get real near
2:07
Oh, the headlines they fly and the anchors they shout
2:11
But it's the same old story of in and of out
2:15
Who's got the power, who's got the bread?
2:18
The same old worries in a brand new bed
2:22
Another day's turning, another tale's spun
2:26
There's nothing new, boys, under the sun
