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