1968

[00:00.29] The tension in the air is swelling like a bubble 'bout to break
[00:10.45] Students have shut down universities and taken to the streets
[00:20.34] The DNC has left Chicago burned and frayed
[00:24.74] Cover your eyes
[00:25.64] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[00:29.75] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[00:31.99] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream
[00:34.54] Cover your eyes
[00:35.22] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[00:39.87] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[00:42.02] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream
[00:44.72] Young men sent overseas, their names are in a lottery that kills
[00:54.24] There's social clashes, body counts, and rioting on TV screens
[01:04.46] A bullet puts another Kennedy to sleep
[01:09.17] Cover your eyes
[01:09.89] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[01:14.29] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[01:16.22] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream
[01:18.93] Cover your eyes
[01:19.68] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[01:24.09] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[01:26.01] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream
[01:29.30] So why this disconnect in our youth after 40 years?
[01:34.46] Peace tried and failed while the radio played, "As my guitar gently weeps"
[01:39.54] Where's the rage in the young towards war and hatred based on race?
[01:44.27] The CIA silenced, "The people's new Messiah" and now history repeats
[01:48.42] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[01:51.06] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[01:53.26] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[01:55.78] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[01:58.67] Are we so blind to see this country hasn't changed?
[02:04.16] Cover your eyes
[02:05.07] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[02:09.66] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[02:11.82] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a dream
[02:14.31] Cover your eyes
[02:14.96] You think America's recovered from the self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968?
[02:19.45] Still, Corretta led his people through the Memphis streets
[02:21.49] In spite of the nightmare that was made out of a-
[02:23.86] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[02:26.60] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[02:28.93] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
[02:33.99] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[02:36.34] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[02:38.88] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
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