From the recording Colorwheel
Lyrics
Well I can’t watch this news again
Gonna close my eyes and just pretend I’m dreaming
This big, blue ball’s a powder keg - it’s getting hard now to find your legs at all
And if we don’t know where we stand, we’re going to fall for anything; anybody’s scheming
And if we don’t know where we’ve been, we’ll just do it all again
She’s kneeling down on the dirty shore
Give me your tired, give me your poor
The bells of freedom ring
We don’t know the words to sing
Liberty is on her knees beneath the heavy wing
Well I can’t watch that reel again
Gonna run away and then just keep on runnin
Until I stumble worn and weary, torn and ragged on a brighter day
When we close our eyes to dream
The things we see will fill us in
To set the course to sail
And if we fix our eyes upon the prize of brighter days then we will
Never fail
She’s breaking down on the crowded shore
Open the heart, swing wide the door
Will the bells of freedom ring?
Will we know the words to sing?
Is liberty a hollow dream below the darkened wing
Hold on now, come on, come on, come on
Can we turn this thing around
And learn to sing the words together?
She’s kneeling down on the dirty shore
Give me your tired, give me your poor
The bells of freedom ring
We don’t know the words to sing
Liberty is on her knees beneath the heavy wing
Well I can’t watch this news again
Gonna close my eyes and just pretend I’m dreamin