From comfort or from love The outcome can't be doves Reassurance still blood is shed But what about the 5 that are dead? Johnson we had our faith in you The relapse can't be true I'm staying fearful It's tragic american nature Until that man can pay his debt There's a weight in the world I think he's carrying Grateful he's in the aftermath but until he's gone The flag's halfstaff Summer of 1968 The convention ends in a riotous rage The whole world saw the display What happened here will never fade Johnson we had our faith in you The relapse can't be true Generations have been there Forgotten in the rear view mirror Until that man can pay his debt There's a weight in the world I think he's carrying Grateful he's in the aftermath but until he's gone The flag's halfstaff