High Plains Alchemy

[Verse 1]
Rust on the weather vane
Cricket on the window pane
Oh I
I just look up towards the sky
The sky don't say nothin' back
It just glares red until it's black
Oh I
I'm so tired of asking why

[Chorus]
Why the bridge is burnin'
Why no work crop turnin'
Another baby, another burden
Come on lift the curtain for me
I need a little high plains alchemy

[Verse 2]
Goin' out to the reservation
Goin' out to Cherokee nation to find
To find that rain dancin' fool
Tell him I want a bolt of lightning
I want a hot electric frightenin'
Oh I
I wanna see what he can do

[Chorus]
Come on, send a little water
Not for me, for my daughter
Into this world I brought her
To this brought her to see
A little high plains alchemy

[Solo]

[Verse 3]
I went to church to pray for rain
It didn't bring no change
Oh I
You fool me once, well you fool me twice
I want it all comin' down
I want the river runnin' sound
Oh I
I need a'something for this field to rise

[Chorus]
Come on, send a little water
Not for me, for my daughter
Into this world I brought her
To this brought her to see
A little high plains alchemy

All the bridges burnin'
Got no work crop turnin'
Another baby, another burden
Come on lift the curtain for me
I need a little high plains alchemy

[Outro]