1968 - Smoke or Fire

The tension in the air is
Swelling like a bubble about to break
Students have shut down
Universities and taken to the streets
The DNC has left Chicago burned and frayed
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
Young men sent overseas
Their names are in a lottery that kills
There are social clashes
Body counts and rioting on TV screens
A bullet put another Kennedy to sleep
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
So why this disconnect in
Our youth after 40 years
Peace tried and failed while
The radio played 'As my guitar gently weeps'
Where's the rage in the young towards war
And hatred based on race
The CIA silenced The people's new Messiah
And now history repeats
Are we so blind to see
This country hasn't changed
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
Cover your eyes
You think America's recovered from
The self-inflicted wounds it took in 1968
Still Corretta led his people
Through the Memphis streets
In spite of the nightmare
That was made out of a dream
1968 - Smoke or Fire