Midnight In The City Of Destruction

There's an old green shed 
at the end 
of an overgrown driveway 
And years ago 
that shed collapsed and fell 
Years before that there 
was a withered dog 
chained up there 
I saved him, 
maybe he saved me as well 
Now he's gone and I think 
I've come undone 
And it's midnight 
in the city of destruction 

There's music in the air 
and sweet abandon 
They're singin' cross 
the farm in the evening breeze 
But there's someone in the rows 
who's unwanted 
And now they've cut 
the faithful from the trees 
And the bulldozers 
move in one by one 
It's midnight in the city 
of destruction 

I lost my guitar, my home, 
my hope and my good fortune 
I lost my grandfather, 
two neighbors and my friend 
I pray that God himself 
will come 
and drown the president 
If the levees break again 
Now we're standin' 
at the crossroads 
waitin' for instruction 
And it's midnight in the city 
of destruction 

There's a secret prison 
somewhere south of 60 
And in that secret prison 
there's a secret cell 
And the prisoner's 
bound and burned, 
blinded and beaten 
Still that secret prisoner 
keeps his secret well 
Turn out the lights 
'cause for one night 
that's enough, son 
It's midnight 
in the city of destruction