Christmas In Washington Lyrics - Steve Earle

It's Christmastime in Washington 

The Democrats rehearsed 

Gettin' into gear for four more years 

Things not gettin' worse 

Republicans drink whiskey neat 

And thanked their lucky stars 

They said, "He cannot seek another term 

They'll be no more FDRs" 

I sat home in Tennessee 

Just staring at the screen 

With an uneasy feeling in my chest 

I'm wonderin' what it means 

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So come back Woody Guthrie 

Come back to us now 

Tear your eyes from paradise 

And rise again somehow 

If you run into Jesus 

Maybe he can help you out 

Come back Woody Guthrie to us now 

I followed in your footsteps once 

Back in my travelin' days 

Somewhere I failed to find your trail 

Now I'm stumblin' through the haze 

But there's killers on the highway now 

And a man can't get around 

So I sold my soul for wheels that roll 

Now I'm stuck here in this town 

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Come back Woody Guthrie 

Come back to us now 

Tear your eyes from paradise 

And rise again somehow 

If you run into Jesus 

Maybe he can help us out 

Come back Woody Guthrie to us now 

There's foxes in the hen house 

Cows out in the corn 

The unions have been busted 

Their proud red banners torn 

To listen to the radio 

You'd think that all was well 

But you and me and Cisco know 

It's going straight to hell 

So come back, Emma Goldman 

Rise up, old Joe Hill 

The barracades are goin' up 

They cannot break our will 

Come back to us, Malcolm X 

And Martin Luther King 

We're marching into Selma 

As the bells of freedom ring 

So come back Woody Guthrie 

Come back to us now 

Tear your eyes from paradise 

And rise again somehow