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Lissin
· May 1, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Teller's Tune
Another Page Turns on a Long, Hot Day
The Teller's Tune
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Another Page Turns on a Long, Hot Day
0:00
In a Manhattan courthouse on a long, hot day
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The whispers of history wouldn't go away
0:09
Thirty-four numbers read out in a line
0:14
A crack in the ledger, a tangled design
0:19
A payment for silence, a story to keep
0:24
While out in the country, the promises sleep
0:29
The first of his station to carry the name
0:33
Of a felon convicted, in a high-stakes game
0:38
Oh, the ink is dry, the verdict's read
0:43
Another chapter for the books ahead
0:48
The sun still sets, the sun will rise
0:53
On the same old truths and the same new lies
0:58
And the traveling teller just plucks on a string
1:03
For the human song that the headlines sing
1:07
Meanwhile, the plains where the thunderheads grew
1:12
The sky turned a shade of an emerald hue
1:17
A funnel cloud dropped with a terrible soundAnd scattered the pieces of a Texas town
1:22
It twisted the steel and it splintered the wood
1:27
Left an empty foundation where a family stood
1:32
And down in the desert, the fever dream climbs
1:36
Another degree for these burning times
1:41
Oh, the ink is dry, the verdict's read
1:46
Another chapter for the books ahead
1:51
The sun still sets, the sun will rise
1:56
On the same old truths and the same new lies
2:01
And the traveling teller just plucks on a string
2:06
For the human song that the headlines sing
2:10
Some storms are of paper, and some are of air
2:15
Both leave a wreckage beyond all repair
2:20
From the judge's low gavel to the wind's high wail
2:25
It's a different telling of the same old tale
2:30
Of power and ruin, of loss and of cost
2:35
And trying to find what you thought wasn't lost
2:39
Oh, the ink is dry, the verdict's read
2:44
Another chapter for the books ahead
2:49
The sun still sets, the sun will rise
2:54
On the same old truths and the same new lies
2:59
And the traveling teller just plucks on a string
3:04
For the human song that the headlines sing
