Old Habits Die Hard - Toad The Wet Sprocket

It’s a new day in the District

After four years off the rails

Want some checks and some balances

Not just the same old rich white males

We can put this all in order

Build a brand new house of cards

Pretty soon it may fall, ain’t it true, don’t they all?

But old habits die hard

I hope I’m aiming for the truth most times

That I’m ready to be wrong

But my mind was designed for a different world

And the tribal urge is strong

Every loss of privilege

Is a swift kick in the ‘nards

It’s been long overdue, I’ll admit that it’s true

But old habits die hard, old habits die hard

Save us from ourselves

Save us from each other

Save us from the sickness

That sees a threat

And not a sister or a brother

May this go down for the ages

As the lowest that we creep

May the children in their cages

See their mothers in their sleep

May we find some kind of justice

In the tatters and the shards

Every recompense is welcome

But old habits die hard, old habits die hard