Lyrics

Heatseeker
Robert Farrell ©2003

Heatseeker,
Lying in the dust by the side of the road
A true believer left it there to rust
So to lighten his load,
That you?ve put on his back
Since the day he was born.
So sad to be so young and to
Look so worn.
He?s figured it out when he
Looked in your eyes
That you hid it from him
But he?s finally realizing

You would never do what you
Want him to do.
You would never go to the places
He?s been sent to.
You would never put yourself in harm?s way
So he?s let it all go, said it?s his final day.

He?s come to ask you why
For you to be whole
Somebody else has to die.
Somebody say what?s going on around here
There?s lots of money to make
If you wrap it in fear.
I wonder if there was a time way back
When the future would seem to be less black.

Come with me I have something to say
Will it be too late if I tell you today?
Quoting God to make it seem all right
To blow the hell out of your country
In the middle of the night.

They will never be
What they want you to be.
They will never see
What you?re trying to see.
They?ll want to control everything
That you do.
And nothing that they say
Ever seems to be true.

I would try to ease this pain
But it?s out of control
Just like a runaway train.
Sorting it out couldn?t be too hard
If we try it today before it?s gone too far.

Heatseeker, lying in the dust by the side of the road
Heatseeker, leave it there to rust
Leave it there to erode
Heatseeker