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...