See the sun rise over her skin
  Don't change it
  See the sun rise over her skin
  Dawn changes everything
  Everything
  And the delta sun
  Burns bright and violet
    Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
  Sixty-six a highway speaks
  Of deserts dry
  Of cool green valleys
  Gold and silver veins
  Of the shining cities
    In this heartland
  In this heartland soil
  In this heartland
  Heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland...heartland
    See the sun rise over her skin
  She feels like water in my hand
  Freeway like a river cuts through this land
  Into the side of love
  Like a burning spear
  And the poison rain
  Brings a flood of fear
  Through the ghost-ranch hills
  Death valley waters
  In the towers of steel
  Belief goes on and on
    In this heartland
  In this heartland soil
  In this heartland
  Heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland...heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland...heartland
  Heartland...heaven's day here in the heartland
  Heart...