Had to do it, had to do it, it’s an auction year… Oh, excuse me, an election year!

You got a way of running your mouth / You rant and you rave, and you let il all out / The thing about it, little that you say is true / Why bother checkin’, the facts will be damned / It’s how you spin it, it’s part of the plan / Well I’m here to tell you baby that / Your sicken loan is coming due

Only so long you can keep this charade / Until they wake up and see they’ve been played / Too many people with their livin’ at stake / Ain’t gonna take it / Comin’ round is going through / Comin’ round is going through

You say it’s workin’, it’s tricklin’ down / Yeah, there’s a trick, ’cause the jobs ain’t around / From where you’re sittin’ tell me how you think you possibly know? / The way it feels to get turned away / Never enough, it’s day after day / Yank that by your bootstraps baby / That’s the way it really goes

Only so long you can keep this charade / Until they wake up and see they’ve been played / Too many people with their livin’ at stake / Ain’t gonna take it / Comin’ round is going through / The comin’ round is going through

’Cause when the moneys makin’ money, anything you can do / They got their hands on the throttle and nobody gets through / You can work all your life for a hand that will play / With one role of the dice it gets swept away

Just look around, things are startin’ to slip / You’re outta control and you’re losin’ your grip / No way to stop it, cause that river’s spillin’ over for good / We don’t have the answer, we know what it’s not / ’Cause the people will keep pushin’ until they all get a shot / Your money’s no good here, we wouldn’t cash you a check if we could

Only so long you can keep this charade / Until they wake up and see they’ve been played / Too many people with their livin’ at stake / Ain’t gonna take it / The comin’ round is going through / Comin’ round is going through…

[By Bonnie Raitt – George Marinelli © Redwing Records, 2016]