[Verse 1]
In the howlin' wind
Comes a stingin' rain
See it drivin' nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly
A red orange glow
I see the face of fear
Runnin' scared in the valley below

[Chorus]
(Sky) Ooh
(Sky) Ooh
Bullet the blue sky (Sky)
Bullet the blue sky (Sky)
Bullet the blue (Sky)
Bullet the blue (Sky)

[Verse 2]
In the locust wind
Comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
I see them burnin' crosses
See the flames, higher and higher

[Chorus]
(Sky) Ooh
(Sky) Ooh
Bullet the blue sky (Sky)
Bullet the blue sky (Sky)
Bullet the blue (Sky)
Bullet the blue (Sky)
(Yeah, alright, I want you)

[Verse 3]
Suit and tie comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
And he's peelin' off those dollar bills
Slappin' 'em down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
I can see those fighter planes

[Verse 4]
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the valleys and the quiet city streets
We take the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
A man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls we hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
So I'm back in my hotel room
With John Coltrane and A Love Supreme
And in the next room I hear some woman scream out
That her lover's turning off, turning on the television
And I can't tell the difference between ABC News, Hill Street Blues
And a preacher on the Old Time Gospel Hour
Stealing money from the sick and the old
Well, the God I believe in isn't short of cash, mister
I feel a long way from the hills of San Salvador
Where the sky is ripped open and the rain pours through a gaping wound
Pelting the women and children
Pelting the women and children
Who run, who run
Into the arms
Of America