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, 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

I got a smile on my face And it's a beautiful day I smile to the world, I smile to the day And ain't nothing wrong, 'Cause I can't complain This love is so strong, From playing this game Nothing but love here, And peace and harmony Nothing but love here, And that's our destiny Well, I just need a cigarette Lord help me breathe I ain't got a lot of regrets, Still I can't sleep S what you wanna do? What else can I say? I hope it's not true, But you're so far away. There's nothing but love here, And peace and harmony. There's nothing but love here, And it's our destiny. The day will come, And maybe not for a while. I can give you my world, Or we can share in a smile. Let me tell you like it is, That's all a man can really do. Close your eyes, And these words will come true. There's nothing but love here, And peace and harmony. Nothing but love here, And it's our destiny.

Lay me down the long white line Leave the sirens far behind me Paint my name in black and gold My heart my flame my heart my road My heartland fade across the line Heartland sing the faces shining In the failing failing failing Heartland make the places mine Clearly now the past mistakes The giant steps we had to take The path that ever promise made To die in dream dissolve and fade My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland Behind the lines a face that glimmers Still looking for a face that shines In the promise in the places I'm going to make them mine My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland-

She's the dust trails on that one road out of town She's the south wind keeps that windmill spinning round She's a water tower sunset colored purple, pink and red Her suntan skin and sea green eyes keep dancing in my head She calls me back She calls me back She calls me back, back to her heartland The only Heaven on Earth I know She calls me back, back to her heartland I got a bigger dream to chase back home I been out here trying to pin some dollar down Losing the meaning sometimes takes leaving to be found But she's probably on that front porch Lemonade glass in her hand I'm making tracks in my old Chevy Yeah, catch me if you can 'Cause I'm headed back She calls me back She calls me back, back to her heartland The only Heaven on Earth I know She calls me back, back to her heartland I got a bigger dream to chase back home Long on lonely, short on time Lost the melody, forgot the rhyme Gotta get it right before it goes wrong Know where it is that I belong Back, back to her heartland The only Heaven on Earth I know She calls me back, back to her heartland I got a bigger dream to chase back home, yeah She calls me back (She calls me back) Back to her heartland (She calls me back) She calls me back

Look at the two of you dancin' that way Lost in the moment and each other's face So much in love, you're alone in this place Like there's nobody else in the world I was enough for her not long ago I was her number one, she told me so And she still means the world to me, just so you know So be careful when you hold my girl Time changes everything, life must go on And I'm not gonna stand in your way But I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it's still hard to give her away I loved her first How could that beautiful woman with you Be the same freckle face kid that I knew The one that I read all those fairytales to And tucked into bed all those nights And I knew the first time I saw you with her It was only a matter of time I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it's still hard to give her away I loved her first From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me I knew the love of a father runs deep Someday you might know what I'm goin' through When a miracle smiles up at you I loved her first

The leaves on the tree are turnin' inside out From the Great White North there's a big black cloud Run for shelter if you can There's a storm in the heartland We made it through the flood of '93 But this is gonna be the death of me I can't hide the tears of a desperate man There's a storm in the heartland She's leavin' me just like a restless wind And I can see my world is comin' to an end Like the sound of thunder angry words ring out again There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland The love she gave was like a breath of spring Sweet and pure as a mountain stream I couldn't see the danger close at hand There's a storm in the heartland She's leavin' me just like a restless wind And I can see my world is comin' to an end Like the sound of thunder angry words ring out again There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland