Verdant Thunderstorm

Green thunder rolling

Over the ridge again

Dust lifts off the roadside wire Rain taste hanging on my tongue

I can feel the timber shiver Like the night has just begun

Bootheels counting out the gravel Clouds lean heavy over town

Every porch light holds its breath now While the sky comes pressing

down

Hold the wheel, don't let it wander

Hear the valley call my name

Something wild is getting closer

Nothing here will stay the same Green thunder rolling

Breaking open all I know

Green thunder rolling

Like a river through my bones

If the whole world shakes tonight

I won't beg the wind to slow Green thunder rolling

And I'm ready when it goes

Street signs bend into the weather

Windows hum a minor tune

I was built for this kind of trembling For a hard and

honest truth

Let it rattle every memory

Let it wash the old away

I've been waiting on a downbeat

Big enough to split the gray

Ahh,

the hills are talking loud now

Ahh, and the blood runs clear and strong

When the ground begins to answer I remember where I'm from

Green thunder rolling

Breaking open all I know

Green thunder rolling

Like a river through my bones

If the whole world shakes tonight

I won't beg the wind to slow Green

thunder rolling Carry me where I should go

Green thunder rolling

Still rolling on

Green thunder

rolling

Till the dark is gone