Lightning burned the field
Blackfire choked our breath
We huddled in the kitchen
Sand poured through the walls
We looked to one another
The children shut their mouths
The whirling and the turning of destruction filled our house
The bloodthirsty yearning clamored all about us
Darkness rose up from the floor like a demon
Fearful of the death that buckled through our minds
Shaken to the core, forsaken and unkind
When the sun came a-shining and the dust did settle down
Birds and jackrabbits lay dead on the ground
Electricity trembled in the sky
Sparks shot forward causing us to fly
Take some breakfast, but the grit was in our food
And everywhere around us, starvation broke on through
My husband stood a-staring at the plentiful disaster
God was in his eyes, but death was in his heart
Dried-up whiskey, chickens in the house
Stolen car stereo, cholesterol on your mouth
Stolen car stereo, snowman all in flames
Deluxe cockroach telling me what's real
Black Sabbath playing, wake up in my socks
Candle all a-burning, her face is on TV