Winter in America

In case you haven't been there lately
 We have, and the season is back
 I mean, it was, it was holiday weather for a minute
 Or when I was just on vacation
 I'll tell you a story
 There used to be an agreement between the seasons
 I mean, after a while they decided to sit down and work it out
 And they agreed that they were gonna just come and stay
 About three months each
 And then they would go to wherever seasons go
 When they're not where you are
 And this would be a cycle and it would go on all the time
 And then one year in America, one of the seasons got mad
 And decided it was going to stay
 Decided that the way things were done there made it feel at home
 He would not, he wouldn't go when he was supposed to
 I mean it wasn't the people
 The people runnin' this stuff, you know what I'm sayin'
 It was something, there was some kind of vibe there
 Made it feel like it weren't leaving, it was just not, just not gonna go
 It wasn't in terms of the temperature, it was in terms of the philosophy
 The politics, the psychology, the way things were going in other directions
 And so for a long time, where we come from there's no spring
 And no summer and no fall
 We have been taken over by the season of ice
 Very few people recognise it for what it is
 Although they feel uncomfortable
 Very few people recognise the fact that somehow the seasons don't change
 I mean, you can acclimate it, you can politically acclimate it
 You can philosophically acclimate it
 You start to, you start to relate everything to the season of ice
 And so your dreams become frozen, and your ideas become frozen
 Your promises become frozen in this
 Frozen days, and frozen nights
 Frozen aspirations and frozen inspiration
 There's something wrong, I mean, there's something wrong
 I mean, there's something wrong, I mean
 There's something wrong, I mean
 We'd like to talk to you about a season that is taking over America
 The season is winter
 This song is called, "Winter in America"
 From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims
 And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains
 Like the vultures
 Circling beneath the dark clouds
 Looking for the rain
 Hey, they've been looking for the rain
 Just like the cities staggered on the coastline
 Livin' in a nation that just can't much more
 Like the forest they buried beneath the highway
 Never had a chance to grow
 Well, they never had a chance to grow
 And now it's winter
 Come on, sing if you know the words
 Seemed like winter in America
 A time when all of the healers done been killed
 Or been betrayed, say
 People know that something's wrong
 Everybody oughta know winter
 Seemed like winter in America
 The truth is there ain't nobody fighting
 Because, well nobody knows what to save
 Brother, save your soul
 Lord knows it's winter in America
 The Constitution, a noble piece of paper
 With free society
 Well, they struggled but they died in vain
 And now democracy is ragtime on the corners
 On the cord, hoping it'd rain
 Yes, he's been a-hopin' for some rain
 But it just don't look like rain
 And I see the robins, yeah, perched in barren tree tops
 Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor
 And like the peace sign that filtered in our dreams
 That never had a chance to grow
 Yeah, they never had a chance to grow
 Somebody want to go tell them it's winter
 It's cold, it's like winter in America
 Time when all the healers, people who have done been killed
 Or been betrayed, say
 But the people know there's something wrong
 Hey, it's winter
 It seems like winter in America
 The truth is there ain't nobody fighting
 'Cause, well nobody knows what to save
 Aw, sister save your babies
 Yes, winter in America
 I said hey, hey, hey
 It's winter
 It's cold, it's like winter in America
 Time when all the healers, brothers who have done been killed
 And put them in jail, say
 People know there's something wrong
 Something wrong with winter
 It feels like winter in America
 The truth is there ain't nobody fighting because
 Well nobody knows what to save
 Yes and the truth is
 There's nobody fighting, nobody fighting
 Nobody knows, nobody knows what to do, what to do
 The truth is there ain't nobody fighting because
 Nobody knows what to save
 Thank you all
 Thank you, thank you