Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky.
The rivers run but soon run dry.
We need new dreams tonight.
Desert rose, dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and bows
Like a siren she calls (to me).
Sleep comes like a drug in God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country
Set me alight, we'll punch a hole right through the night.
Every day the dreamers die to see what's on the other side.
She is liberty, and she comes to rescue me.
Hope, faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold.
Sleep comes like a drug in God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country
Naked flame, she stands with a naked flame
I stand with the sons of Cain
Burned by the fire of love
Burned by the fire of love.
Composed by U2 / Bono
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About "In God's Country"
From the original U2 Album "The Joshua Tree" (09 March 1987)
Bono has stated that he originally began writing the lyrics about Ireland, but in the end it became about America.
"In God's Country" was released as a single in Canada and the U.S. Nevertheless, it also charted in the United Kingdom as an import. The video made for this single is less known than others from the album and appeared as a segment in Outside it's America, a documentary tracking the band's first few weeks on tour through the American southwest in 1987. Sales of the single may have been hampered by the fact that its b-sides were two tracks from The Joshua Tree album instead of the usual non-album tracks.
The song appears in the U2 rockumentary Rattle and Hum with one verse edited out. It is also used in the closing credits of the movie Three Kings.
The Canadian release was available on 7", 12" and cassette, while the US release was limited to 7" only. The B-sides and cover art are identical to the New Zealand-only single release of "One Tree Hill". [From Wikipedia]
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