Speak And Make Lightning

[Verse 1]

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 mama do a single thing I say

[Chorus]

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 friend and it will come

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

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, 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

[Chorus]

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 friend and it will come, whoo