Winter In America (Live 1983)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] And from the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plane Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Yes, they've been looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline In a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Well, it never had a chance to grow [Chorus] And now it's winter Feel like winter in America A time when all of the healers done been killed Or they've been detained Say, even though it's something else Everybody said it's winter Feel like winter in America And the truth is there ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save What to save the soul Winter in America [Verse 2] The constitution a noble piece of paper And would free society It struggled but then died in vain And now democracy is ragtime on the corners, unemployed Hoping that eventually Yes, it been hoping for some rain It does not look like rain And I see the Robins perched in barren treetops They watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor And man, peace signs that vanished in our dreams Never had a chance to grow Well, they never had a chance to grow [Chorus] Somebody wants to know Tell them it's winter Nothing grows in winter in America Yes, it's a time when all of the healers; people who can help us Don been killed or they've been betrayed Say even though something else Everybody said it's winter It feels like winter in America Yes, well, the truth is there ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Just to save the [?] Winter in America [Break] [Chorus] And now it's a winter It's cold, it's like winter in America Yes, it's a time when all of the healers that should've helped us Done been killed, they put em in jail Say people doing something wrong But everybody [?] It seems like winter in America Yes, well, the truth is there ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to say Yes, well, the truth is there ain't nobody fighting, nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to do, what to do Truth is there ain't nobody fighting, nobody fighting Because nobody knows what to say Winter in America