Winter in America-Gil Scott-Heron

[00:00.00] From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims [00:18.12]And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains [00:23.91]Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds [00:29.22]Looking for the rain [00:35.34]Looking for the rain [00:40.62]Just like the cities staggered on the coastline [00:47.22]Living in a nation that just can't stand much more [00:54.51]Like the forest buried beneath the highway [00:59.40]Never had a chance to grow [01:04.98]Never had a chance to grow [01:11.22]And now it's winter [01:18.09]Winter in [01:19.29]America Yes and all of the healers have been killed [01:30.96]Or sent away, yeah [01:34.50]But the people know, the people know [01:37.44]It's winter [01:42.06]Winter in [01:43.20]America And ain't nobody fighting ' [01:51.48]Cause nobody knows what to save [01:56.91]Save your soul, [01:58.68]Lord knows [01:59.70]From Winter in [02:01.11]America The [02:05.91]Constitution [02:09.00]A noble piece of paper [02:12.54]With free society [02:15.06]Struggled but it died in vain [02:18.51]And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner [02:23.97]Hoping for some rain [02:27.60]Looks like it's hoping [02:30.12]Hoping for some rain [02:35.37]And I see the robins [02:38.94]Perched in barren treetops [02:42.15]Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor [02:48.21]But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams [02:53.22]Never had a chance to grow [02:58.29]Never had a chance to grow [03:05.04]And now it's winter [03:11.64]It's winter in [03:12.93]America And all of the healers have been killed [03:24.18]Or been betrayed [03:27.09]Yeah, but the people know, people know [03:30.81]It's winter, [03:34.26]Lord knows [03:35.19]It's winter in [03:36.51]America And ain't nobody fighting [03:44.67]Cause nobody knows what to save [03:49.98]Save your souls [03:52.62]From Winter in [04:48.90]America And now it's winter [04:58.14]Winter in [04:59.25]America And all of the healers done been killed or sent away [05:13.26]Yeah, and the people know, people know [05:17.01]It's winter [05:21.51]Winter in [05:22.65]America And ain't nobody fighting [05:30.66]Cause nobody knows what to save [05:38.79]And ain't nobody fighting [05:42.24]Cause nobody knows, nobody knows [05:50.61]And ain't nobody fighting [05:53.79]Cause nobody knows what to save