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 scattered cross the clearing
The fears she had were 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 and it will pass
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast
On an icy road north of Edmonton
Speak and make lightning and it will come

I wanna kiss your cheek, I wanna 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, so I'm almost free
I was trying to tell you, you wouldn't listen to me
I'm driving up the hill to a place others call my home
It's just where I go

Speak and make lightning and it will pass
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast
Tell me how bad you really want it, son
Speak and make lightning and it will come

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, first man to last
On a warm autumn day I lay in the grass
The house is quiet, a silent wind
Love covers all sins

Speak and make lightning and it will pass
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast
In the attic there's an old Gatling gun
Speak and make lightning and it will come.