Lyrics Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Christmas In Washington

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It's Christmas time in Washington

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The Democrats rehearsed

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

Said he cannot seek another term

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They'll be no more F.D.R.`s

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I sat home in Tennessee

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Just Staring at the screen

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

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

Come back Woody Guthrie to us now

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I Followed in your footsteps once

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Back in my travel days

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

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

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

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

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

But you and me and Cisco know

It's going straight to hell

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So come back Emma Goldman

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Rise up old Joe Hill

The barricades 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

We're marching into Selma

As the bells of freedom Ebring

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So come back Woody Guthrie

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Come back to us now

Tear your eyes from paradise

And rise again somehow