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· May 7, 2026
Morning News Ballad
The Wheel Keeps Turnin'
A Ballad for Today's News
The Wheel Keeps Turnin'
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A Ballad for Today's News
0:00
The autumn air feels heavy, there's a chill in the nation's bones
0:06
Another man named Powell speaks in low and serious tones
0:12
He says the cost of bread and gas has got a fever high
0:18
So he'll raise the rate of interest and watch the markets cry
0:24
From the checkout line to the boardroom, you can hear the worried hum
0:31
Of a people holding their breath, waiting for what's to come.
0:37
Oh, the wheel of history's turnin', just as it's ever done
0:43
There's nothin' new in the headlines, nothin' new beneath the sun
0:49
The names and faces change, my friends, but the story stays the same
0:56
Just a different kind of trouble, callin' out a different name.
1:02
Down on the Potomac River, the house is split in two
1:08
They're arguin' 'bout the budget, what the other side won't do
1:14
The clock is tickin' downward, threatenin' to lock the doors
1:21
Another politician's battle in these endless, tired wars
1:27
They draw their lines in anger, they play their games of might
1:33
While the country that they swore to serve is just lookin' for a light.
1:39
Oh, the wheel of history's turnin', just as it's ever done
1:46
There's nothin' new in the headlines, nothin' new beneath the sun
1:52
The names and faces change, my friends, but the story stays the same
1:58
Just a different kind of trouble, callin' out a different name.
2:04
They've built a ghost of metal, it lives inside a screen
2:10
A thinking, talking mirror, the smartest we have seen
2:17
It learns the way we whisper, it learns the lies we tell
2:23
And some folks call it progress, and some folks call it hell
2:29
It's changing how we gather, it's changing what is true
2:35
And we ain't yet figured out, child, what this new god's gonna do.
2:42
But I saw a young man planting a garden in the yard
2:48
And I heard a new mother singin', though the times are dark and hard
2:54
They're still falling in love, still patching up the seams
3:00
Still trying to build a future out of worn and tattered dreams.
3:07
Oh, the wheel of history's turnin', just as it's ever done
3:13
There's nothin' new in the headlines, nothin' new beneath the sun
3:19
The names and faces change, my friends, but the story stays the same
3:25
Just a different kind of trouble, callin' out a different name.
