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· May 4, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Teller's Tune (Summer '24)
The new day's headlines are the tales of old
The Teller's Tune (Summer '24)
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The new day's headlines are the tales of old
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The sun beats down in the heart of June
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Another summer, another tune
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Played on the strings of a worried land
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With a story I've come to understand
0:13
From the asphalt coasts to the dusty plains
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We're watchin' the heat and prayin' for rains
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The mercury's climbin', the tempers are, too
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In the red, white, and the divided blue
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Oh, the wheel keeps turnin', the story's retold
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The new-day headlines are the tales of old
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Some folks gettin' powerful, some folks gettin' brave
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And the same old questions from the cradle to the grave
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Yeah, the same old questions, 'til we're all in the grave
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Down in Atlanta, the stage was set bright
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Two old campaigners ready to fight
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Mr. Biden, Mr. Trump, with words for their swords
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In front of the cameras and the watchin' hordes
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They talked of the border, the economy's ache
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For the soul of the nation, for goodness' sake
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But the talk on the street is the price of the bread
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And the words of the prophets you hear in your head
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Oh, the wheel keeps turnin', the story's retold
1:13
The new-day headlines are the tales of old
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Some folks gettin' powerful, some folks gettin' brave
1:20
And the same old questions from the cradle to the grave
1:23
Yeah, the same old questions, 'til we're all in the grave
1:27
In a marble chamber, with a gavel's sound
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The high court justices gathered 'round
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They spoke on the rights of a violent man
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And who gets to carry a gun in this land
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They spoke on a pill, a woman's own choice
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Gave a sigh of relief to a tremblin' voice
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But the lines are still drawn, the battles still brew
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Just another old fight that's feelin' brand new
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So I pick up my guitar, and I travel along
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Turning the chaos and clamor to song
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'Cause every new crisis, and every decree
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Is a verse I have heard in a different key
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And the people just listen, and work, and they weep
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While the promises made are too heavy to keep
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Oh, the wheel keeps turnin', the story's retold
2:17
The new-day headlines are the tales of old
2:20
Some folks gettin' powerful, some folks gettin' brave
2:24
And the same old questions from the cradle to the grave
2:27
Yeah, the same old questions, 'til we're all in the grave
