text: Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
  You tied me to your wildcat schemes
  And you forced me into a power dive
  And left your mark on my jeans
  And I hear the word on your soldiers
  And I hear the word on jesus too
  I heard the word on the country
  But I never heard the word on you
  Your love was like a machine gun
  I wore your bugle in my belt
  And I was your kid glove lover
  All the cards were yours
  You always dealt
  And I stood before your soapbox
  Noiseless and shoeless
  Playing my pantry boys games
  You had your hands raised up to the sky
  Shouting oh sunday deity
  Oh big daddy longlegs
  Come down and bless your sister please
  You were shoutin orders about the construction
  Going on down the highway
  You were namin names, blamin blames
  And you blamed me
  You wore your heart like a challenge
  Far and apart for anyone who came
  Open and wide like the river
  With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame
  But I heard the word on your high tides
  And I felt the pain when I tried
  To rip your flood gates wide
  And pull your body on over to my side
  Where we both could hide
  But you heard about the freedom ride
  And you heard about the highway crew
  Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you
  So you left me just your shoes
  And I hear the word on jesus
  And I hear the word on his marching troop
  And I hear the word on the country
  But I never heard the word on you