Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Light of the Burning Sun , by - John Hiatt. Release date: 20.05.2021
Song language: English
Light of the Burning Sun |
| The message was sent |
| The task was done |
| Prayers offered up in the night |
| Faced the light of the burning sun |
| My brother was dead |
| By his own hand |
| A gun in the glove box |
| 'Cause he carried money |
| For the old man |
| They say he gambled |
| Friday’s payroll |
| Found him in his car |
| In a cornfield |
| Twenty one years old |
| He wanted to own |
| His own clothing store |
| Dressed like Sam Cooke |
| With the catholic girls |
| In his Fair lane Ford |
| Doing his job |
| Doing his best |
| Selling burnt orange |
| And avocado green kitchens |
| All across th midwest |
| The favored on |
| Me and my brothers all knew |
| My mother loved him more |
| Than she knew |
| What to do |
| The message was sent |
| The truth to tell |
| The officer tried to catch her |
| As she wept and fell |
| My father screamed no |
| And beat on the wall |
| Shook the foundations of the house |
| Shook the life out of us all |
| The priest came by |
| Undeterred |
| There to explain |
| The unexplainable |
| With god’s word |
| The message was sent |
| A family gone |
| The death of a golden child |
| And nothing left |
| To carry on |
| The message was sent |
| The task was done |
| Prayers offered up in the night |
| Faced the light of the burning sun |