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...