0:00 On Columbia's green, the tents have been sown0:04 For a war far away, an anger homegrown0:08 The banners are painted, the voices are loud0:12 A familiar refrain from a youthful crowd0:16 The police came at dawn with shields and with might0:20 To clear out the shadows and bring in the light0:24 But the story just echoes, a question so old0:28 Of who gets to speak and whose truth can be told.0:32 Oh, the ink's barely dry on the morning report0:36 A new cast of players in the very same sport0:40 I've sung of these troubles in kingdoms and towns0:44 The rise of the righteous, the fall of the crowns0:48 It's the same old story, told a different way0:52 The wheel keeps on turning, come what may.0:57 The ballot is calling for two men you know1:01 A rematch was written a long time ago1:05 One in the White House, one on the stand1:09 Fighting for purchase on this divided land1:13 The country is split right down the main street1:17 Arguing history that's bound to repeat1:21 They trade their sharp words like arrows in flight1:25 While the rest of us watch in the pale morning light.1:29 Oh, the ink's barely dry on the morning report1:33 A new cast of players in the very same sport1:37 I've sung of these troubles in kingdoms and towns1:41 The rise of the righteous, the fall of the crowns1:45 It's the same old story, told a different way1:50 The wheel keeps on turning, come what may.1:54 In a courtroom in York, the money is named1:58 A star and a lawyer, a story proclaimed2:02 While Powell at the Fed holds the interest rate high2:06 And the price of your coffee just touches the sky2:10 One man counts his verdict, another the cost2:14 And the common man wonders what has been lost.2:18 Oh, the ink's barely dry on the morning report2:22 A new cast of players in the very same sport2:26 I've sung of these troubles in kingdoms and towns2:30 The rise of the righteous, the fall of the crowns2:34 It's the same old story, told a different way2:38 The wheel keeps on turning, come what may.
