Green Hills - Eilen Jewell

I’ve seen your sad towns

Too barren for ghosts

Empty silos on state highways

Five o’clock light, signposts

I’ve seen your old tracks

Like scars on your hands

Giving nothing to no one

Dried vines, iron brands

For dollar bills our great green hills

Sink down into wasteland

And when they’re gone they leave you alone

To hide your face in the sand

I’ve seen your front porches

Sour, peeling paint

Fences grown pointless

Graffiti, fallen, faint

I’ve seen your junkyards

Of tractors and barbed wire

Pantry shelves slanting sideways

Whistle blows, no buyer

For dollar bills our great green hills

Sink down into wasteland

And when they’re gone they leave you alone

To hide your face in the sand

To hide your face in the sand