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· Jun 11, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Weaver's Old Tune
Another Turn on the Wheel of the World
The Weaver's Old Tune
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Another Turn on the Wheel of the World
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Gather ‘round and listen close, I'll sing of what I see
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Beneath the Capitol's white dome, for all the world to be.
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A Speaker named Mike Johnson holds a gavel in his hand
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But a whisper from his own side sweeps across the troubled land.
0:25
A motion's filed, a challenge made, a crack right in the stone
0:31
A brother turns against his brother's plan, to leave him all alone.
0:38
Oh, the wheel of the world keeps on turning
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The same old fires keep on burning
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With new names for the hope and the yearning
0:57
It's the weaver's old tune I've been learning.
1:03
Down on Wall Street, men in suits all watch the numbers climb
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While the Federal Reserve is trying to buy the people time.
1:16
They talk of rates and cooling down the price of bread and gas
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But the worry in a poor man's eyes is a shadow that will pass
1:28
From father down to son it goes, this tightening of the purse
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Some say it's getting better now, some swear it's getting worse.
1:41
Oh, the wheel of the world keeps on turning
1:48
The same old fires keep on burning
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With new names for the hope and the yearning
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It's the weaver's old tune I've been learning.
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On Columbia's greenest lawns, the tents are staked in rows
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The passion of the young heart is a wind that always blows.
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With signs held high for distant lands and voices loud and clear
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They argue over ancient wrongs and what they ought to fear.
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The lines are drawn, the chants begin, a story I have known
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When the anger of a generation's finally overgrown.
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The politician with his vote, the banker with his chart
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The student with a righteous cause etched deeply in their heart.
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They all believe their fight is new, their struggle is unique
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But I see the ghosts of ages past in every word they speak.
3:10
Oh, the wheel of the world keeps on turning
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The same old fires keep on burning
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With new names for the hope and the yearning
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It's the weaver's old tune I've been learning.
