God said to Abraham "kill me your son"   Abe said "Lord it's currently being done   you think it's easy come down here   look 'em in the eye and make 'em disappear   we can only kill what you can't find   out here on old highway 9"      Just last year I was sneaking into bars   fake id's backseat of daddy's car   college brochures used to clean the floor   don't cost nothing to join the corps   say I'm not scared but I'd be lying   out here on old highway 9      You oughta see Baghdad when the stars come out   can someone please tell me what this is all about      Jimmy has a dad he just never met the man   writes his mother every chance he can   but he won't be writing to her no more   found his arm laying on the desert floor   found the rest of him stradling that double line   smack dab in the middle of highway 9      You can look at me and say I look the same   can't put out a fire if you can't see the flame   hang the flag on the front door   while I listen for the footsteps on the floor   killing does things to a healthy mind   stuck out here on old highway 9      I feel the rumble under my feet   the oil flows...it'll never retreat      God said to Abraham "kill me your son"   Abe said "Lord it's currently being done   you think it's easy come down here   look 'em in the eye and make 'em disappear   we can only kill what you can't find   out here on old highway 9"