Winter in America(Solo Version)-Gil Scott-Heron

[ti:Winter In America (Solo Version)] [ar:Gil Scott Heron] [al:Midnight Band: The First Minute Of A New Day] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Winter in America(Solo Version) - Gil Scott-Heron (吉尔·斯科特·赛壬) [00:18.21]From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims [00:22.21] [00:23.63]Yes to the buffalo who once ruled the plains [00:27.87] [00:30.07]Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds [00:34.46] [00:35.39]Looking for the rain [00:37.10] [00:41.96]Looking for the rain [00:43.03] [00:46.91]Just like the cities staggered on the coastline [00:53.25] [00:54.53]Living in a nation that just can't take much more [00:58.61] [01:00.54]Like the forest buried beneath the highway [01:04.68] [01:05.66]Never had a chance to grow [01:08.13] [01:11.69]Never had a chance to grow [01:13.92] [01:18.03]And now it's winter [01:19.67] [01:24.52]Winter in America [01:26.73] [01:30.62]Yes and all of the healers don't been killed [01:35.38] [01:37.31]Been betrayed yeah [01:40.31] [01:41.30]But the people know the people know [01:43.49] [01:44.09]It's winter [01:44.63] [01:48.89]Winter in America [01:50.71] [01:55.05]The truth is they ain't nobody fighting [01:58.33] [01:58.85]'Cause nobody knows what to save [02:02.41] [02:04.02]Save your soul [02:04.92] [02:07.20]Winter in America [02:09.05] [02:12.56]The Constitution [02:14.98] [02:16.74]A noble piece of paper [02:18.55] [02:19.88]With free society [02:21.28] [02:22.45]Struggled but it died in vain [02:24.09] [02:26.12]And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner [02:30.69] [02:32.90]Hoping that it rains [02:33.90] [02:36.77]Well they are [02:37.83]Hoping for some rain [02:39.51] [02:43.16]And I see the robins [02:45.62] [02:47.08]Perched in barren treetops [02:48.79] [02:50.06]Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor [02:54.82] [02:56.74]And like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams [03:01.15] [03:01.86]Never had a chance to grow [03:04.58] [03:07.97]Never had a chance to grow [03:10.09] [03:12.03]And somebody wants to know [03:13.88]Till it's winter [03:16.52] [03:19.82]It feels like winter in America [03:22.96] [03:26.83]So tell them we're all of the healers [03:29.22]People look help us down have been killed [03:32.16] [03:33.54]Or been betrayed [03:34.76] [03:36.41]Yeah but the people know there's some wrong [03:39.50]Feel just like it's winter [03:41.24] [03:44.84]It's winter in America [03:47.18] [03:51.26]The truth is they are ain't nobody fighting [03:55.21]'Cause nobody knows what to save [03:58.82] [04:00.65]Save our babies [04:02.15] [04:03.46]Winter in America [04:05.41] [05:04.14]And now it's winter [05:06.57] [05:10.27]Feel like winter in America [05:12.99] [05:16.26]Yes time we're all of the healers [05:18.77] [05:19.34]People who can help us done been killed [05:22.46] [05:23.70]Or they put us in jails [05:25.34] [05:26.58]Yeah and the people know there's some wrong [05:29.50]And everybody all know [05:30.51]It's winter [05:31.51] [05:34.50]It seems like [05:35.04] [05:35.77]Winter in America [05:37.45] [05:41.42]The truth is they are ain't nobody fighting [05:44.75] [05:45.27]'Cause nobody knows what to save [05:49.07] [05:53.69]The truth is they are ain't nobody fighting [05:56.92] [05:57.48]'Cause nobody knows nobody knows [06:01.56] [06:02.59]What to do what to do [06:04.04] [06:05.97]The truth is they are ain't nobody fighting [06:09.16] [06:09.69]'Cause nobody knows what to save