You wore the cold and the gray

We added colorful sound

Felt the tremble and the roll of the thunder

Your boots our sacred ground

Have a smoke and a smile

But we won't shake hands here today

All of your promises falling like stones

In the ashes of handsome pay

Oh no

No don't say you changed your mind

I've got something left here

You talk about lightning

I sing with a bow

With the wolves and the fields In the morning

We figured it frightening

I said at the time

Your words

Just as good

As the rain 

You came and watered us down

Until everything was sounding fine

What could change now  the stroke of a pen

On this thing your dotted line

We tried to walk your way

Our fruit grew so impossibly ripe  

Our rain dancing was not understood

By the man

With the stars

And the stripes

Oh no

Don't say you've changed your mind

I've got something left here

You talk about lightning

I sing with a bow

With the wolves and the fields

In the morning

We figured it frightening

I said at the time

Your words

Just as good

As the rain