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Heartland Lyrics
[Verse 1]
See the sun rise over her skin
Don't change it
See the sunrise over her skin
Dawn changes everything, everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violent
[Verse 2]
Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
Sixty-six, a highway speaks
Of deserts dry
Of cool green valleys
Gold and silver veins
All the shining cities
[Chorus]
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows
This is our heartland
Heartland
[Verse 3]
See the sunrise over her skin
She feels like water in my hand
Freeway like a river
Cuts through this land
Into the side of love
Like a burning spear
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost ranch hills
Death Valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on
[Chorus]
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven knows
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven's day here in the heartland
Heartland
See the sun rise over her skin
Don't change it
See the sunrise over her skin
Dawn changes everything, everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violent
[Verse 2]
Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
Sixty-six, a highway speaks
Of deserts dry
Of cool green valleys
Gold and silver veins
All the shining cities
[Chorus]
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows
This is our heartland
Heartland
[Verse 3]
See the sunrise over her skin
She feels like water in my hand
Freeway like a river
Cuts through this land
Into the side of love
Like a burning spear
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost ranch hills
Death Valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven knows
Heartland (Sing a song, sing a song)
Heaven's day here in the heartland
Heartland
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Genius Annotation
Track #13 from U2’s 1988 album Rattle and Hum.
From their early days, U2 had held a fascination for America. They toured the States as their fame rose and were finally acknowledged as a world-beating band when they topped the US charts. Out of their tours came this paen to the America they had fallen in love with on the road.
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Release Date
October 10, 1988
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