Kingdom of the Animals

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Jenny was gone and the moon blooms all shinin' As we dragged our panic up and down the riverbed Sweatin' wild and weird in our Sunday clothes [Verse 2] Jenny was gone, though I thought that I knew her And the rain came howlin' out of Virginia Blue tick blowin' the water out her nose [Verse 3] Jenny and me in the front row and singin' 'Bout how heaven calls the kingdom of the animals All and all revealed to us one day [Verse 4] Jenny and me on the hilltop and peekin' At all their upturned bottles jumpin' like leopards Jaw harp teasin' the brush fire in its rage [Verse 5] Jenny came back and the wet road still shinin' In our eyes, an angel clear and coronal Clothed in all that's prodigal and strange [Verse 6] Jenny came back and I thought that I heard her Murmur somethin' 'bout no men in Virginia Spat on the ground like a letter tossed away [Verse 7] Jenny and me in my dead truck and turnin' over Just where heaven calls the kingdom of the animals Scratchin' our heads where the wolf would go to lay [Verse 8] Jenny and me as the moon blooms were closin' And both her wide-eyed brothers runnin' like shepherds Dreamin' the heat of the fields all in flames