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Lissin
· Apr 23, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Weary Sky
A Ballad of the Headlines
The Weary Sky
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A Ballad of the Headlines
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The air is thick in the city heat
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Down on a lower Manhattan street
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A jury shuffled from the room
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Sealing a powerful man's new doom
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For thirty-four counts, the foreman read
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While the world held breath for what was said
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A former king, now called to pay
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For secrets of a bygone day.
0:29
And the newsman sings his hurried song
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Of what was right and what was wrong
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But the road is long and the dust still flies
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I've seen this look in a thousand eyes
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Another chapter in the book
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Just take a long and weary look.
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Far from the court and earthly pleas
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Two souls are rising on the breeze
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On Boeing's ship, a bird of white
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Named Wilmore and Williams, burning bright
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The Starliner's course, so long delayed
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A promise to the stars is made
1:13
They chase a dream up in the black
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With no intention of looking back.
1:21
And the newsman sings his hurried song
1:24
Of what was right and what was wrong
1:28
But the road is long and the dust still flies
1:32
I've seen this look in a thousand eyes
1:35
Another chapter in the book
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Just take a long and weary look.
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One man is trapped by paper trails
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Another rides on fiery rails
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The nation splits right down the seam
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Living a strange and troubled dream
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Some cheer for justice, some for might
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Both sure their separate cause is right
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But the sun comes up, the sun goes down
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On every corner of this town.
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And the newsman sings his hurried song
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Of what was right and what was wrong
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But the road is long and the dust still flies
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I've seen this look in a thousand eyes
2:27
Another chapter in the book
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Just take a long and weary look.
