(Thea Hopkins)

Run down church

Red clay

River covered

In a smoky haze



Sunday morning

The fire is out

Sunday morning

No one about



The earth is soft

This time of year

Boots get caked

From there to here



Down the road

Route 25

They found this boy

He was barely alive



Jesus is on the wire

So far away, higher and higher

Jesus is on the wire



They took him down

Off the fence

Cold as ice

Almost dead

They said that he

That he slept with guys

They said that he

Deserved to die



Jesus is on the wire

So far away, higher and higher

Jesus is on the wire