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· May 28, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Storyteller's Morning
This morning's news, an old, old song
The Storyteller's Morning
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This morning's news, an old, old song
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In Wilmington town, where the river runs slow
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A jury has spoken, a seed they did sow
0:08
For the President's son, beneath the great seal
0:13
Three counts on a paper, a truth made too real
0:17
A gun he once bought, a past he can't hide
0:22
The first of his kind, with nowhere to ride
0:26
The gavel it fell, a story now told
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Of power and pain, in a family fold.
0:35
Oh, the wheel it turns, and the headlines they fly
0:40
A son takes a fall and the old bankers sigh
0:44
The sun beats the earth from a merciless sky
0:49
It's the same weary song, neath the same weary eye
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I've seen it before, and I'll see it again
0:58
The glory of power, the folly of men.
1:02
In towers of glass where the money lords meet
1:07
The Federal Reserve keeps a steady, slow beat
1:11
They hold the rates high, they watch the board gleam
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And shatter the hope of a working man's dream
1:20
Your mortgage, your loan, the cost of your breadHangs on the whispers of words that they said
1:25
Just one little cut, maybe later this year
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They're selling you patience and calming your fear.
1:34
Oh, the wheel it turns, and the headlines they fly
1:38
A son takes a fall and the old bankers sigh
1:43
The sun beats the earth from a merciless sky
1:47
It's the same weary song, neath the same weary eye
1:52
I've seen it before, and I'll see it again
1:56
The glory of power, the folly of men.
2:01
And out on the plains, the state of Kansas cries
2:05
To a giant of medicine, 'You sold us your lies!'
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'Bout a needle of hope in a time of disease
2:14
Did you hide all the risks, and do just as you please?
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From the courtroom, to the bank, to the feverish town
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Everyone's looking for who holds the crown.
2:28
Down in the Southwest, a heat dome descends
2:32
Arizona is burning, the story ne'er ends
2:37
In Vegas the asphalt, it melts in the glare
2:41
Another new record is baked in the air
2:46
The old and the poor, they pray for a breeze
2:50
Hiding from a sun that brings them to their knees
2:55
A force of nature, or a bill come to pass
2:59
Reflected and warped in the looking glass.
3:04
Oh, the wheel it turns, and the headlines they fly
3:08
A son takes a fall and the old bankers sigh
3:13
The sun beats the earth from a merciless sky
3:17
It's the same weary song, neath the same weary eye
3:22
I've seen it before, and I'll see it again
3:26
The glory of power, the folly of men.
