Civilized Hell (Alternate Version)

(Album: Naked Garden - 2020)

Well she's been running for a mighty long time
Cutting fences and snapping lines
She's growing on me
I hope that she don't go
Wind blowing on me
I feel my fire grow

She's a rebel and I like her
It don't take much to make her yell
And I draw cold water from a wishing well
Hoping she don't die in a civilized hell

A good friend told me not long ago
Said, "Change is raining and I'm ready to roll"
So I took him down
Through the canyon walls
I told him, "Here we row
When the river calls"

She's a rebel and I like it
It don't take much to make her yell
And I draw cold water from a wishing well
Hoping she don't die in a civilized hell

Saw an old lady with a twinkle-eyed grin
Setting fire to a billboard with a song in her head
I heard her cry out loud
Happy she's alive
And the stars will shine
As the fire dies

She's a rebel and I like her
It don't take much to make her yell
And I draw cold water from a wishing well
Hoping she don't die in a civilized hell
In a civilized hell

I ain't leaving this road I know
I ain't done fighting for the freedom I chose
Can't put a rope on me
You can't shoot me down
I listen to my heart
And hear the river sound

I'm a rebel and I like it
It don't take much to make me yell
And I draw cold water from a wishing well
Hoping I don't die in a civilized hell
She's a rebel and I like it
It don't take much to make her yell
And I draw cold water from a wishing well
Hoping she don't die in a civilized hell
I hope that I don't die in a civilized hell

Oh, a civilized hell
In a civilized—

Hahahaha, that felt good (Hahaha)
Ah, let's do one more, just like that (Yeah)
Yeah