Son Volt
"Down To The Wire"

Wake up to the Biddle Street blues
Can't shake the news
All the way to the big dome they're trying

The intrigues of the new royalty
And the believers in the afterlife
Share the same gamblers pages

Cobblestone streets saw 3 sovereign flags
As they raised their glasses
To conquest and nation

Still pawns playing out the legacy
Of long dead industry titans
And haters of men

Down to the wire

Plastic grocery bags fly from trees
Proud symbols of a cavalier progress

Memories and landscapes in triage
Disappearing averages
Permanent changes

No jury will have a final say
Everyone knows the jury is guilty

Faced with no plan at all
Just to trick a smile out of the moment

Down to the wire