It was christmastime in washington
The democrats rehearsed
Gettin' into gear for four more years
Of things not gettin' worse

The republicans drank whiskey neat
And they thanked their lucky stars
They said he can not seek another term
They'll be no more f.d.r.s

I sat home in tennessee
Just starin' at the screen
An uneasy feelin' in my chest
Just wonderin' what it means

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 us 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

There's killers on the highway now
And a man can't get around
So I just sold my soul for wheels that roll
Now I'm stuck here in this town

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 us out
Come back woody guthrie
To us now

See there's foxes in the henhouse
And there's cows out in the corn
The unions have been busted
And their proud red banners torn

But if you listen to the radio
They'll tell you all is well
But you and me and cisco know
It's goin' straight to hell

So come back emma goldman
Rise up old joe hill
The barricades are goin' up
They cannot break our will
Come back to us malcolm x
And martin luther king
We're marchin' into selma
While the bells of freedom ring

And come back woody guthrie
Come back to us now
Tear your eyes from paradise
And rise again somehow

• A Heart in New York
• American Tune
• Another on The Rise
• Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow
• Bartender's Blues
• Beauty to Disaster
• Blister in The Sun
• Blood Quantum
• Carolina in My Mind
• Carry Me Away
• Chiapas Bound
• Christmastime in Washington
• Clampdown
• Clues to You
• Cold as Ice
• Come Down in Time
• Cortez The Killer
• Country Road
• Cowgirl in The Sand
• Daddy's All Gone
• Dancing Shoes
• Danny's Song
• Devotion
• Don't Give up on Me Baby
• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
• Draw The Line
• Drift Away
• Everybody's Waiting
• Falling Star
• Father & Son
• Finlandia
• Fire & Rain
• Forgiveness
• Free Through Eternity
• Girls Talk
• Go Go Go
• Goodnight Irene
• Half Moon Cafe
• Heartache Central Time
• Her Town Too
• High Horse
• Holy City
• House at Pooh Corner
• I Don't Know Your Name
• I Don't Wanna Talk About It
• I Shall Be Released
• I'll Be There
• I'll Give You My Skin
• If You Live Like That
• It Won't Take Long
• It's Too Late
• Jacob's Ladder/this Train Revised
• Johnny Rottentale
• Junkie's Lament
• Just Passing Time
• Killing Time
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Leaving
• Letter to Eve
• Life's So Strange
• Lifeblood
• Lincoln Duncan
• Little Darling
• Long Ago & Far Away
• Losing Touch
• Love by You
• Love of The Common People
• Love The One You're With
• Make This House a Home
• Malachy's
• Measure of Me
• Melissa
• Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
• Never Stop
• No Way Out
• No Way to Treat a Friend
• Peace Song
• Philosophy of Loss
• Play It Again Sam
• Please Call Me, Baby
• Pretty Vision
• Problem Child
• Redemption Song
• Rock Me on The Water
• Rockin' in The Free World
• Running from The Cold
• Should Have Never Crossed Your Path
• Slow Moving Sea
• Southern Man
• Summer, Highland Falls
• Summertime
• Sweet Gypsy
• The Ballad of Squeaky Fromme
• The Distance Remains The Same
• The Hard Way
• The Mountain Top
• The Untitled Song
• The Water is Wide
• The Weakness in Me
• Thursday Afternoon
• Tuesday's Children
• Uncle John's Band
• Up in Smoke
• Up on The Roof
• Walking Through Fire
• White House Blues
• Wild Horses
• Wild Wild Party in The Loquat Tree
• Winthrop
• Wish You Were Here
• Wysteria