Song Details
Troubled Times
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Song Meaning
"An ominous rocker that surveys an America on the brink of disaster, full of racial unrest and economic inequality. 'I wish saying 'we live in troubled times' was a cliché, but it's not,' says Armstrong. 'Trump is preying on people's fears, anger and desperation. ... He's feeding meat to hungry dogs.'" (Track by Track Guide, Rolling Stone)
Lyrics
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
What part of history we've learned
When it's repeated?
Some things we'll never overcome
If we don't seek it
The world stops turning
Paradise burning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
We run for cover
Like a skyscraper falling down
And then I wonder
Like a troubled mind
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
What part of history we've learned
When it's repeated?
Some things we'll never overcome
If we don't seek it
The world stops turning
Paradise burning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
We run for cover
Like a skyscraper falling down
And then I wonder
Like a troubled mind
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
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