We're marching into Selma
If you run into Jesus
Cows out in the corn
Now, come back to us now
And rise again somehow
And thanked their lucky stars
Come back to us, Malcolm X
And a man can't get around
But you and me and Cisco know
I followed in your footsteps once
Things not gettin' worse
Now come back Woody Guthrie
And tear your eyes from paradise
The Democrats rehearsed
So come back Woody Guthrie
Come back to us now
Songwriter: Steve Earle
Just staring at the screen
As the bells of freedom ring
It's going straight to hell
To us now
Come back Woody Guthrie
Maybe he can help you out
And I sat home in Tennessee
They'll be no more FDR's"
Tear your eyes from paradise
And Martin Luther King
Now I'm stumblin' through the haze
Publisher: WB MUSIC CORP.
The unions have been busted
You'd think that all was well
To us now
They said, "He cannot seek another term
Gettin' into gear for four more years
Maybe he can help you out
So I sold my soul for wheels that roll
There's foxes in the hen house
Come back Woody Guthrie
Now I'm stuck here in this town
And rise again somehow
So come back, Emma Goldman
But there's killers on the highway now
Rise up, old Joe Hill
To us now
Come back Woody Guthrie
If you run into Jesus
It's Christmas time in Washington
With an uneasy feeling in my chest
I'm wonderin' what it means
So come back Woody Guthrie
The barricades are goin' up
Tear your eyes from paradise
Maybe he can help you out
Their proud red banners torn
The Republicans drink whiskey neat
Come back to us now
Somewhere I failed to find your trail
To listen to the radio
If you run into Jesus
They cannot break our will
Back in my travelin' days
And rise again somehow