0:00 The price of bread is on the rise again0:04 The gas pump groans a sorrowful amen0:08 From Washington, a man named Powell speaks0:13 Of tightening belts for weeks and weeks and weeks0:17 He pulls a lever, turns a dial slow0:22 To tame a wind he says he didn't sow0:26 And families round the table count the cost0:31 Another little piece of something lost0:35 Oh, the ink is wet, the screen is bright0:40 Telling stories of the dark and light0:44 But the river's old, the current's strong0:49 It's just another verse in an endless song0:53 The wheel it turns, the page is new0:58 But the tale's the same for me and you1:02 The lines are drawn in fields of red and blue1:07 Each side is sure their version is the truth1:11 The television shouts a frantic plea1:16 For the soul of what we're meant to be1:20 There's talk of votes and walls and border lines1:25 And anger twisting up the new grapevines1:29 They promise change with every coming fall1:33 But the echo's all I hear, bouncing off the wall1:38 Oh, the ink is wet, the screen is bright1:42 Telling stories of the dark and light1:47 But the river's old, the current's strong1:51 It's just another verse in an endless song1:56 The wheel it turns, the page is new2:00 But the tale's the same for me and you2:05 The thinking wires have learned to paint and rhyme2:09 A ghost that's stealing work and killing time2:14 While nine old robes upon a marble hill2:18 Unwind the clock and make the world stand still2:23 The future's born, the past is clawing back2:27 We're running forward on a backwards track2:32 Oh, the ink is wet, the screen is bright2:36 Telling stories of the dark and light2:41 But the river's old, the current's strong2:45 It's just another verse in an endless song2:50 The wheel it turns, the page is new2:54 But the tale's the same for me and you
