Trouble Every Day - 1966 Stereo Mix

Well I'm about to get sick
 From watchin' my TV
 Been checkin' out the news
 Until my eyeballs fail to see
 I mean to say that every day
 Is just another rotten mess
 And when it's gonna change, my friends
 Is anybody's guess
 So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
 Hopin' for the best
 Even think I'll go to prayin'
 Every time I hear 'em sayin'
 That there's no way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
 No way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
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 Wednesday I watched the riot...
 I seen the cops out on the street
 Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
 And chokin' in the heat
 Listened to reports
 About the whisky passin' 'round
 Seen the smoke & fire
 And the market burnin' down
 Watched while everybody
 On his street would take a turn
 To stomp and smash and bash and crash
 And slash and bust and burn
 And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
 Hopin' for the best
 Even think I'll go to prayin'
 Every time I hear 'em sayin'
 That there's no way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
 No way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
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 Well you can cool it
 You can heat it...
 'Cause, baby, I don't need it...
 Take your TV tube and eat it
 'N all that phony stuff on sports
 'N all the unconfirmed reports
 You know I watched that rotten box
 Until my head began to hurt
 From checkin' out the way
 The newsmen say they get the dirt
 Before the guys on channel so-and-so
 And further they assert
 That any show they'll interrupt
 To bring you news if it comes up
 They say that if the place blows up
 They'll be the first to tell
 Because the boys they got downtown
 Are workin' hard and doin' swell
 And if anybody gets the news
 Before it hits the street
 They say that no one blabs it faster
 Their coverage can't be beat
 And if another woman driver
 Gets machine-gunned from her seat
 They'll send some joker with a brownie
 And you'll see it all complete
 So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
 Hopin' for the best
 Even think I'll go to prayin'
 Every time I hear 'em sayin'
 That there's no way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
 No way to delay
 That trouble comin' every day
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 Hey you know something people
 I'm not black
 But there's a whole lots a times
 I wish I could say I'm not white
 Well, I seen the fires burnin'
 And the local people turnin'
 On the merchants and the shops
 Who used to sell their brooms and mops
 And every other household item
 Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em
 And they say it served 'em right
 Because a few of them are white
 And it's the same across the nation
 Black & white discrimination
 They're yellin' "; You can't understand me!"
 And all the other crap they hand me
 In the papers and TV
 'N all that mass stupidity
 That seems to grow more every day
 Each time you hear some nitwit say
 He wants to go and do you in
 Because the color of your skin
 Just don't appeal to him
 (No matter if it's black or white)
 Because he's out for blood tonight
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 You know we gotta sit around at home
 And watch this thing begin
 But I bet there won't be many left
 To see it really end
 'Cause the fire in the street
 Ain't like the fire in my heart
 And in the eyes of all these people
 Don't you know that this could start
 On any street in any town
 In any state if any clown
 Decides that now's the time to fight
 For some ideal he thinks is right
 And if a million more agree
 There ain't no great society
 As it applies to you and me
 Our country isn't free
 And the law refuses to see
 If all that you can ever be
 Is just a lousy janitor
 Unless your uncle owns a store
 You know that five in every four
 Just one amount and nothin' more
 Don't watch the rats go across the floor
 And make up songs about being poor
 Blow you harmonica son!