American Pastoral

Church bells n' pretty girls like True love and bath tub wine A couple things I'm torn up thinkin' All I'll leave behind because they Say that I'm worthwhile Change at the turnstile Gotta get a flint rock to burn the liquor off I want a sharpened file I want a God to dial I want us to die in style And in my mind There's a pasture full of creatures, tall grass, hares, and southern Jesus Sweet peaches n' you I get so crazy when you Act like I'm crazy when I Carve six red notches in my chest Because I went and blew the test but I'm Angry and I'm dog tired, I'm bound up and hog tied, I- Need a brand new brain just wrapped in maple twine I'm in the kudzu vine I think I'll be just fine I got a friend there in the blind And in my mind There's a pasture full of creatures, tall grass, hares, and southern Jesus Sweet peaches n' you I'm at the Walmart store for Nectarines and nicotine, oh Handguns and magazines And postcards, places I will never see because I'm Blinded and I'm cut down I'm Covered up and unwound, I- Need a green bag, honey, oh Christmas mornin' time And I want smile lines I wanna feel just fine I need a friend there in the blind And in my mind There's a pasture full of creatures, tall grass, hares, and southern Jesus Sweet peaches n' you