Download Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Lightning Man" (originally from our June 8, 2019 show). The band: Sara Watkins, Mike Elizondo, Eric Doob, Brittany Haas, Shaun Martin, Noam Pikelny, and Bryan Sutton.

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Lyrics:

Morse has chained the lightning

The rumors are true

All this dashing and dotting’s gonna bring the world home to you

And tell you what it is or what it might be

So drink today’s coffee with tomorrow’s news...

There’s no more elsewhere

Everywhere is here

With an o-perator, tap-tapping our hope and fear

Speculation and excitement

The clock hands froze the miles disappeared

When Morse chained the lightning

Morse has chained the lightning

Behold these tyrants

Assassins and thieves

Haters of light, law

And liberty

Then behold Morse’s lightning

Nipping at their heels

Fixing to strike them in the middle of the battlefield

Where they left America dying

Of the great divide in what she thinks and feels

Before Morse chained the lightning