In times like these when night surrounds me
And I am weary and my heart is worn
When the songs they're singing don't mean nothing
Just cheap refrains play on and on

The storm is here, the lightning flashes
Between commercials they're taking names
The singers run to where the cash is
Just another link in slavery's chain

I see the storm clouds rise above me
The sky is dark and the night has come
I walk alone along this highway
Where strangers gather one by one

When leaders profit from deep divisions
When the tears of friends remain unsung
In times like these it's good to remember
These times will go in times to come

I see the storm clouds rise above me
The sky is dark and the night has come
I walk alone along this highway
When friends gathered one by one

I know the storm will soon be over
The howling winds will cease to be
I walk with friends from every nation
On freedom's highway In times like these

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Writer(s): Arlo Guthrie