God's Country - State of Mine

Yeah Desert sky Dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry We need new dreams tonight Desert rose Dreamed I saw a desert rose Dress torn in ribbons and in bows Like a siren she calls to me Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes, crooked crosses In God's Country Set me alight We'll punch a hole right through the night Everyday the dreamers die See what's on the other side She is liberty And she comes to rescue me Hope, faith, her vanity The greatest gift is gold Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes crooked crosses In God's Country Naked flame She stands with a naked flame I stand with the sons of Cain Burned by the fire of love Burned by the fire of love

(La, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) watchin' in (La, la, la, la) Only one watching in, yeah (la, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) It ain't up to you no more (la, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) God Country, this is war (la, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) (la, la, la) (La, la, la) Wakin' up, I see the light I been drunk and it's alright I took a drive to clear my mental Would tint the whip but it's a bike It's demon time, I got it on me (on me) Might earn a teardrop overnight Wear Louis shades to block my psyche (psyche) It's hot as hell, but we're the ice You in God's Country, not in Montgomery Go Ted Bundy, then go home and play Al Bundy The card black and you know it got a sky limit I make a mill' every -, you decide, choice is yours (yeah) The butterfly reflect the doors I hit the gas and metamorph Couldn't get this shit off credit score Hundred thousand pack the fans Got 'em jumpin' with no hands Need more spaces where we jam In God's Country with the fam' Yeah, woah (La, la, la) (La, la, la) Ooh-ooh (la, la, la) (La, la, la) Ooh-ooh (la, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la) Ooh-ooh (la, la, la, la) (La, la, la, la)

I met God's Will on a Halloween night He was dressed as a bag of leaves It hid the braces on his legs at first His smile was as bright as the August sun When he looked at me As he struggled down the driveway, it almost Made me hurt Will don't walk too good Will don't talk too good He won't do the things that the other kids do In our neighborhood I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin' Lost and lookin' all my life I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated I've wrestled wrong and right He was a boy without a father And his mother's miracle I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin' I guess I would be still Yeah, that was until I knew God's will Will's mom had to work two jobs We'd watch him when she had to work late And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed Since I don't know when Hey Jude was his favorite song At dinner he'd ask to pray And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin' Lost and lookin' all my life I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated I've wrestled wrong and right He was a boy without a father And his mother's miracle I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin' I guess I would be still Yeah, that was until I knew God's will Before they moved to California His mother said, "they didn't think he'd live" And she said, "each day that I have him, well, it's just another gift" And I never got to tell her, that the boy showed me the truth In crayon red, on notebook paper, he'd written, "me and God love you" I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded I guess I would be still Yeah that was until... I met God's Will on a Halloween night He was dressed as a bag of leaves