God and Democracy (Live at Joe's Pub)

Lightning struck the steeple

You could see it for many miles around

All the towns people

Stopped, startled by the sound

There came this awful crack

The sky turned orange black

And bricks started raining on the ground

With the loudest boom I ever heard

I watched that church fall down

There's a man on the TV screen

Talking the same nonsense every day

And I don't mean to be mean

But we don't need more clichés

I'm tired of cheaters driven by greed

Angry old tweeters who don't like to read

Where are the leaders who know how to lead

Who always find the right thing to say

If this town still had a church

I would go there and pray

I feel my faith start to fade

In the storybook plans that we made

I'm hopeful but I'm frayed

Can we still find our way?

The things we once believed in

They've all seemed to disappear

Like God and democracy

What comes next Isn't clear

Foundations start to creak

And people start to freak

Like we're all doing this year

And if there's nothing left to hold on to.it's just about the fear

I feel my faith start to fade

In the storybook plans that we made

I'm hopeful but I'm frayed

Can we still find our way?

Can we still find our way?

Can we still find our way?

Just trying to find my way

I'm hopeful but I'm frayed

Can we still find our way?

Can we still find our way?

Can we still find our way?