There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland   And the bankers are taking my home   And my land from me      There's a big achin' hole in my chest   Now, where my heart was   And a hole in the sky   Where God used to be      There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland   There's a well where the water's so bitter   Nobody can drink      Ain't no way to get high and my mouth   Is so dry that I can't speak   Don't they know that I'm dyin'   Why's nobody cryin' for me?      My American dream   Fell apart at the seams   You tell me what it means   You tell me what it means      There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland   And bankers are taking the homes   And the land away      There's a young boy closin' his eyes   Tonight in the heartland   Who will wake up a man with some land   And a loan he can't pay      His American dream   Fell apart at the seams   You tell me what it means   You tell me what it means      My American dream   Fell apart at the seams   You tell me what it means   You tell me what it means      There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland   There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland      There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland   There's a home place under fire   Tonight in the heartland