By Lee Vowell, AudioPhix | “Bruce Springsteen had been a musical guest on Colbert’s show the night before and did a moving version of his protest anthem “Streets of Minneapolis.” He also explained, in his and many others’ view, why Colbert was truly being forced to leave. Music has power, after all.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/stephen-colberts-peanuts-joke-comes-160005327.html
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Streets of Minneapolis
Song by Bruce Springsteen 2026
Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
In the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
Oh, Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Trump’s federal thugs beat upon
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead
Their claim was self-defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noam’s dirty lies
Oh, Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown, my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In our chants of, “ICE out now!”
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
Our city’s heart and soul persist
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
Through broken glass and bloodied tears
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
On the streets of Minneapolis
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
Oh, Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
ICE out! (ICE out!) ICE out! (ICE out!)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
https://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics.php?song=streetsofminneapolis
