In Times Like These - University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Arlo Guthrie

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

Interlude

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

Where friends have 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