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Lissin
· Apr 22, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Storyteller's Dispatch
Today's News, Yesterday's Tune
The Storyteller's Dispatch
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Today's News, Yesterday's Tune
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In a New York City courtroom, the gavel did fall
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On a man who once answered the nation's high call
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Thirty-four counts were read in the silence and stone
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For a story of secrets and payments unknown
0:26
A president past now a felon by name
0:32
Just another new chapter in an old, old game
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Oh, the headlines they flicker like ghosts on a screen
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But it's the oldest of stories that I've ever seen
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Of power and money, of pride and of fall
0:58
And the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
1:05
Yes, the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
1:12
Out on the prairie, the black clouds convene
1:18
The sirens are wailin', a terrible scene
1:25
Tornadoes are rippin' the rooftops away
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And folks in the shelters can do nothin' but pray
1:38
They say that the climate is changin' its tune
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Beneath this angry and overwarm June
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Oh, the headlines they flicker like ghosts on a screen
1:57
But it's the oldest of stories that I've ever seen
2:04
Of a fight against nature, of shelter and squall
2:10
And the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
2:17
Yes, the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
2:24
From the college green lawn to the high-tech frontier
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The voices of protest are ringin' out clear
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For a war far away fought with money and might
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They argue all day and they argue all night
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The names and the places, they shift and they bend
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But the story of youth has no start and no end
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Oh, the headlines they flicker like ghosts on a screen
3:09
But it's the oldest of stories that I've ever seen
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Of the passion of people who stand and stand tall
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And the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
3:29
Yes, the storyteller's singin' his way through it all
