Now it sees that night is day   My uneasy focus has slipped away   Drunk from the poison cup brings sheer relief to me   Head full of the news, twenty-first century      Bring along your old banjo, I want to hear you play   Gonna play an old sad song to blow away the day   One that trips off the tongue, I wanna hear what you say   Everybody sing along, now everybody pray      Because the first time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   First time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted      Changing weather blows away   But the slaughter and the showbiz   These are here to stay      So bring along your old banjo, I want to hear you play   Gonna play an old sad song to blow away the day   Everybody sing along, now everybody pray      Because the first time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   First time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted   This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted      Changing weather blows away