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GIL SCOTT-HERON lyrics : "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
Looking for the rain


Just like the cities staggered on the coastline
Living in a nation that just can't stand much more
Like the forest buried beneath the highway

Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow


And now it's winter
Winter in America
Yes and all of the healers have been killed

Or sent away, yeah
But the people know, the people know
It's winter

Winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
'Cause nobody knows what to save

Save your soul, Lord knows
From Winter in America


The Constitution
A noble piece of paper
With free society

Struggled but it died in vain
And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner
Hoping for some rain

Looks like it's hoping
Hoping for some rain


And I see the robins
Perched in barren treetops
Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor

But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow


And now it's winter
It's winter in America

And all of the healers have been killed
Or been betrayed
Yeah, but the people know, people know

It's winter, Lord knows
It's winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting

Cause nobody knows what to save
Save your souls
From Winter in America


And now it's winter
Winter in America

And all of the healers done been killed or sent away
Yeah, and the people know, people know
It's winter

Winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows what to save

And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows, nobody knows
And ain't nobody fighting

Cause nobody knows what to save

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