In a Line

They signed the papers today
Both sides of the room, red-faced
One walked away
I'd be lying if I said
I didn't want it this way

I've seen aircraft crowd my sky
And the markets boom and die
Blue air for sending bullets through
But I didn't know I'd choose for you
I didn't know I'd choose for you

The grain that fed the hungry mouth
Grew in lines of only north and south
This, the grist that I'd share with you
But I didn't know I'd choose for you

I'm tired of talking about crime
All this acid and lye
Oh, but I'm from the country
And I don't know any better

Thought I had my little dogies in a line
Thought I had my little dogies in a line

Now the story told
Of Caiaphas
And Maribel in the bush
Are now colliding
I've simplified
On a single dime
And gone without
But never into hiding

I've heard legend of you
I have heard of what you do
I heard somewhere there's a place for you
But I didn't know I'd choose for you
I didn't know I'd choose for you