It all began with a debt
A fire waiting to catch
A banker with a grin, a gun, and a thinly veiled threat
It went to hell with a death
My husband perished in bed
The fever took him quick and and moved to stick me in this mess
The collector comes quickly for the broke and buried
Is it in God that We Trust, or in debt that we drown?
Raising the cattle from birth just to put 'em all down
When the barn stops burning better bet I'll be returning to town
The Bank's got it coming
And if the train is on the wrong track coming for us
When you see it will you say? Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A better time
Another place
And if my heart should start to drift off dreaming with you
Then set to working for the day Oh Oh Oh oh oh Oh
And if you're mine
You know I'll stay
With you
Is it in God that We Trust, or in debt that we drown?
Raising the cattle from birth just to put 'em all down
When the barn stops burning better bet I'll be returning to town
The Bank's got it coming
And if the train is on the wrong track heading for me
When you see it will you say? Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A better man, in
A better place
And when my heart is on its last leg longing for you
It means you're getting in the way Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
And when it's time
I will erase
Your love
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Fire away
And build it all back better when you
Let it first burn down
Fire away
You know it's all for the better
If you promise to change yourself