It's Christmas time in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Getting into gear for four more years A things not getting worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars He cannot seek another term They'll be no more FDR I sat home in Tennessee Staring at the screen An uneasy feeling in my chest I'm wondering what it means So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes from paradise And rise again somehow And if you run into Jesus Maybe He can help you out Come back Woody Guthrie To us now I followed in your footsteps once Back in my traveling days But somewhere I failed to find your trail Now I'm stumbling through the haze But there's killers on the highway now And folks can't get around So I 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 And if you run into Jesus Maybe He can help us out Come back Woody Guthrie To us now There's foxes in the hen house now And cows out in the corn The unions have been busted And their proud banner's torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and most folks know It's going straight to hell So come back Mahatma Gandhi And rise up, old Joe Hill The barricades are coming down And they cannot shake our will And come back to us, Malcolm X And Martin Luther King We're marching into Selma As the bells of freedom ring Come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes from paradise And rise again somehow