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

Plummet 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 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



How can you be so invisible

Give me the nerves to see

Privilege on privilege

An unwanted discovery