Heartland

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 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