HEARTLAND

See the sunrise over her skin Don't change it See the sunrise over her skin Dawn changes everything everything And the delta sun burns bright and violent Mississippi and the cotton wool heat Sixty- six the highway speaks Of deserts dry, of cool green valleys Gold and silver veins- of the shining cities In this heartland In this heartland... In this heartland Heaven knows this is a heartland heartland... heartland See the sunrise over her skin She feels like water in my hand Freeway like a river cuts through this land Into the side of love like a burning spear And the poison rain brings a flood of fear Through the ghostranch hills, Death Valley waters In the towers of steel belief goes on and on In this heartland In this heartland... In this heartland Heaven knows this is a heartland heartland Heaven knows this is a heartland heartland heartland heartland Heaven's day here in the heartland heart...