The Teller's Tune

In a tower of glass in Manhattan town A former president's world came tumbling down The jury sat with faces grim Weighing the balance, the chance so slim Thirty-four counts the foreman read Of falsified records, the words he said A felony stain on a famous name For a hush money payment in a high-stakes game Oh, the headlines scream in black and white A brand new tale in the fading light But I've seen this story a thousand times before Of power lost at a courtroom door The wheel it turns, the seasons change The names are new, the game's the same Out in the valley where the servers gleam

They're building prophets in a waking dream With lines of code, a ghost is born To write your songs by the early morn They call it AI, a wondrous thing That paints a picture and learns to sing But jobs are lost and truth's a haze In the silicon glow of these modern days Oh, the headlines scream in black and white A brand new tale in the fading light But I've seen this story a thousand times before Of power lost at a courtroom door The wheel it turns, the seasons change The names are new, the game's the same And the weather map shows a crimson stain The coming fury of the hurricane

The air gets thick, the wind it sighs Another tempest in the summer skies From a paper king to a thinking wire To the rising threat of nature's fire It’s all one story, plain to see Of what we build and what we're meant to be Oh, the headlines scream in black and white A brand new tale in the fading light But I've seen this story a thousand times before Of power lost at a courtroom door The wheel it turns, the seasons change The names are new, the game's the same