VERSE 1 Four streets north and eight streets wide Three hundred souls knew when I lied Daddy's mind was a stormy sea Mama sewed us out of poverty They took him off when I was six A courtroom taught me how to fix A face that smiles when nothing's right Montana taught me how to hide VERSE 2 — M/D CALL AND RESPONSE Thirteen years old, so full of hate (so full of hate) Budweiser walked right through the gate (right through the gate) Strawberry Hill and Boone's Farm wine (Boone's Farm wine) Ninety-nine bottles, every time (every time) CHORUS I see a burning bush in every field Unless it's a sign I don't want to yield One day, one blade of grass at a time God's been chasing me down my whole life VERSE 3 June seventeenth, eighty-eight I laid the bottle down at the gate Thirty years old, six weeks a mother Found a room full of one another They said just for today, just this Just one day I could not resist Thirty-eight years and still it's true One day, one prayer, that'll get me through CHORUS I see a burning bush in every field Unless it's a sign I don't want to yield One day, one blade of grass at a time God's been chasing me down my whole life VERSE 4 — M/D Jim Allen took my hand one day (took my hand) Said I've got a job, don't run away (don't run away) Now every story that I save (that I save) Is a light I carry from the grave (from the grave) BRIDGE — M/D Your story is my archive (mine is bound to yours) Nine lost years came back around (through an open door) Nine long years I could not stand (I held your shaking hand) Now the chapel and the closet door (lead to the very same floor) FINAL CHORUS I see a burning bush in every field Unless it's a sign I don't want to yield One day, one blade of grass at a time God's been chasing me down my whole life Down my whole life OUTRO — M/D UNISON The greatest life I've ever been allowed to live Is the one I get to give away
