Comes Indiana Through the Smoke

[Verse 1] So does the ink dry out So does the singing mouth get sung up So does the new headline no longer reach the town So does the rosy fire of the horizon fade into dull grey While the trees out by the parking lot get greener with the rain [Pre-Chorus 1] On a dazzling field of blue She comes sailing into view All around her, engines scream and guns unload [Chorus] Comes Indiana through the smoke Indiana through the smoke [Verse 2] But you were bigger than life You were giant, you were earth-size And now you're mostly just your mind And your dim eyes, and your fractured spine And you're sailing to the great unknown But you've gotta go alone there You can't even take your childhood bride But it's okay that she's crying [Pre-Chorus 2] With her OS2U fleet Anti-aircraft battery She is occupied by 1800 souls [Chorus] Comes Indiana through the smoke Indiana through the smoke [Verse 3] And this great big buzzing death-hole swells At the corner of the carpet Nurses going in and out Well, they all just step around it And the room is moving in so close As some moment's coming nearer And your story's coming out so slow But I come closer and can hear her [Pre-Chorus 3] And she steams out Casco Bay Part of Task Force 58 And the young men 'board her all are brave and bold [Chorus] Comes Indiana through the smoke Indiana through the smoke [Pre-Chorus 4] She won't sink or run aground She won't turn back, she won't back down When you find your time to finally let go [Chorus] Comes Indiana through the smoke Indiana through the smoke