Fire Country

Pink moon over the Palisades

Chasing mailbox money up the one highway

Smoke in the canyon reflected in your face

I got five bucks and the East Coast to my name

Fire country

I took a vow

To put this out

Does everyone live in different worlds?

On my knees, I press my hands

Against the TV screen

And I'm talking to you

Are you talking to me?

Tell me what's between us

What's between?

Fire country

I see you now

Who'll put this out?

I tune my guitar to the names of old lovers

Plastered in posters on the wall

This one's dedicated to anyone

Who's ever been in love

To the wildflowers raging in the bluffs

And the inmates on the interstate

In orange jumpsuits and a dollar pay

This is for the wind

That's snatching what we're saying away

This one's for earthquakes

This one's for hurricanes

This one's for

Fire country

I'm in you now

What if this all burns down?

I think and I pray

I think and I pray

To all that came before

To everything that may remain

To all that crosses over

This interstate

Fire country

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