Emerald haunt in overdrive 
Nightmare descent into Jericho city 
Camel dust heralds our arrival 
New Christ beneath the drumkit moon 
Oh Lord we are threatened again 
In the slipstream pull of the federal men 
Plummeted in some seamless night 
Down here to earth it's hopeless then 

Apache gunman in the boiling crowd 
Who never got to meet you last time 
We're interrupted by the telephone 
You didn't think they were invented then 
Oh Lord we need miracles 
We need more wine and gold 
We need slaves and roads and personal favors 
We need microphones and manifolds 

How can you be so invisible 
Give me the nerves to see 
Privilege on privilege 
An unwanted discovery 

So now we're cruising down this shuddering highway 
With a dead sun shining on my back 
And we talk about the way people treat us back there 
Their hollow laughter, the pain in their eyes 
Oh my Lord I trust your intentions 
But money strangles our love 
Struggling like a fool with my junk and my jewels 
You would have thought I'd had enough