Steve Earle Christmas In Washington written by Steve Earle
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It's Christmas time in Washington
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The Democrats rehearsed
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Getting into gear for four more years
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Things not getting worse
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Republicans drink whiskey neat
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And thank their lucky stars
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Said he cannot seek another term
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They'll be no more FDRs
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I sat home in Tennessee
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Just Staring at the screen
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An un-easy feeling in my chest
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And I'm wondering what it means
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So come back Woody Guthrie
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Come back to us now
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Tear your eyes from paradise
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And rise again some how
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If you run into Jesus
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Maybe he can help you out
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Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
instrumental
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I Followed in your footsteps once
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Back in my travel days
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Somewhere I failed to find your trail
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Now I'm stumblin' through the haze
But there's killers on the highway
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And man can't get around
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So I sold my soul for wheels that roll
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And I'm stuck here in this town
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So come back Woody Guthrie
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Come back to us now
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tear your eyes from paradise
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And rise again some how
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If you run into Jesus
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Maybe he can help us out
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Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
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There's foxes in the hen house
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Cows out in the corn
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The Unions have been busted
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The proud red banners torn
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To you listen to the radio
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You'd think it all was real
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But you and me and Cisco know
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It's going straight to hell
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So come back Emma Goldman
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Rise up old Joe Hill
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The barracades are going up
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They cannot break our will
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Come back to us Malcolm X
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And Martin Luther King
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We're marching into Selma
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As the bells of freedom ring
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So come back Woody Guthrie
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Come back to us now
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Ttear your eyes from paradise
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And rise again some how
From Steve Earle "El Corazon"
E Squared Records 1997
South Nashville/WB Music Corp(ASCAP)
