Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
Wheat kings have all their treasures buried
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
Pushing around the weather vane Jesus
In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place
Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new,
besides, No one's interested in something you didn't do
Wheat kings and pretty things,
let's just see what the morning brings.
There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
wait and see what tomorrow brings.
Late-breaking story on the CBC,
A nation whispers, "we always knew that he'd go free"
They add, "you can't be fond of living in the past,
cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last".
Wheat Kings and pretty things
let's just see what tomorrow brings
Wheat kings and pretty things,
that's what tomorrow brings."I stood on that Cherokee Plain
And the Cimeron broke free and jumped its banks
All in a rush of life
The thunderhead roared out its song
And it gave what was too much for it to hold
And so must I
And You light the sun to lead me
Send the wind to be my guide
Just the wonder of this prairie
So lonely and so alive
And the song the moon is singin'
With the rain and with the fire
Says there You are
(There You are)
There You are
In front of me
The antelopes' white flashing flanks
Sparked in the heart of the Cheyenne breaks
Only to disappear
Just like this memory of what once was my home
And as I move beyond everything I've known
You pull me near
And You light the sun to lead me
Send the wind to be my guide
Just the wonder of this prairie
So lonely and so alive
And the song the moon is singin'
With the rain and with the fire
Says there You are
(There You are)
There You are
And Your kingdom sings of a glory
Of a power that is Yours alone
And You're the one breathed into the many
You're faith ~ You're love ~ and the hope
As we lay our hearts before You
Our hands are free to let go
And there You are
(There You are)
There You are
In front of me"