See the sun rise over her skin

Don't change it

See the sun rise over her skin

Dawn changes everything

Everything

And the delta sun

Burns bright and violet





Mississippi and the cotton wool heat

Sixty-six a highway speaks

Of deserts dry

Of cool green valleys

Gold and silver veins

Of the shining cities





In this heartland

In this heartland soil

In this heartland

Heaven knows this is a heartland

Heartland...heartland





See the sun rise 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 ghost-ranch hills

Death valley waters

In the towers of steel

Belief goes on and on





In this heartland

In this heartland soil

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.