Speak and Make Lightning

So, stand in line, and state your name

The first one's sacred, the rest profane

Speak and make lightning, and then confess

Her children rise up, and call her blessed

Shards of bone

(Shards of bone)

Scattered cross the clearing

(Cross the clearing)

The fears she had

(Fears she had)

Were well worth fearing

(Well worth fearing)

I'm pacing and worrying all night and day

Neither you nor your momma, do a single thing I say

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And it will pass

(It will pass)

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And I will stand fast

(I will stand fast)

On an icy road north of Edmonton

Speak and make lightning, friend, and it will come

I'm gonna kiss your cheek, I'm gonna hold you tight

But you took your pills, and you're out tonight

Speak and make lightning, forget the rest

And enter the fields of the fatherless

I lost almost everything

(Lost everything)

So I'm almost free

(I'm almost free)

I was tryna tell ya

(Tryna tell ya)

You wouldn't listen to me

(Wouldn't listen to me)

I'm driving up the hill to a place others call my home

Huh, It's just where I go

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And it will pass

(And it will pass)

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And I'll stand fast

(I will stand fast)

Tell me how bad you really want it, son

Speak and make lightning, and it will come

That's right

If you can't stand me, you'll hate my replacement

All my heroes are late with their payments

Speak and make lightning, remember my face

And spoil not, my resting place

Line to the horizon

(To the horizon)

First man to last

(First man to last)

A warm autumn day

(Warm autumn day)

I lay in the grass

(Lay in the grass)

The house is quiet, a silent wind

Love covers all sins

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And it will pass

(And it will pass)

Speak and make lightning

(Speak and make lightning)

And I will stand fast

(I will stand fast)

In the attic there's an old Gatling gun

Speak and make lightning, friend, and it will come

Ooh-hoo!