They're always burning something up in Idaho The mountains and the factories and the sunsets on the Snake It might be pornography I don't know Or maybe it's the crosses that they burn on Hayden Lake It always smells like cancer here in Moline And all this dirty concrete keeps reminding me of you Please pass the syrup with the morphine While I thank my lucky cookies that the time we had is through While I thank the Lord above me that the time we had is through When I find it hard to swallow the lessons learned from you I remember that God loves me and so does Daddy Bruce A country girl form Laramie, Wyoming All the boys they'd love you on the nights you'd come around Did they all respect you in the morning? Or did they send you packing' Like a mule right out of town? Yeah, did they send you running' Like a dog right out of town? I fondly recall Iowa City You needed some attention and you got it somewhere else You seem to be a collector of pity And all the shattered egos you display up on your shelf And all the bowling trophies you display up on your shelf When I find it hard to swallow the lessons learned from you I remember that God loves me and so does Daddy Bruce And when I'm down there kickin' and I dangle from the noose I remember that God loves me and so does Daddy Bruce They're always burning something up in Idaho The mountains and the factories and the sunsets on the Snake Maybe it's pornography, I don't know Or maybe it's the crosses that they burn on Hayden Lake They laid you in your grave in Pocatello I had to sever the relationship so I cut it with a knife And all thechoir boys sing a capella You sounded like a schoolgirl when you pleaded for your life You sounded like an angel when you pleaded for your life So when you're cold and lonely and pondering the truth Remember that God loves you and so does Daddy Bruce When I find it hard to swallow the lessons learned from you I remember that God loves me and so does Daddy Bruce When I'm down there kickin' and danglin' from the noose I remember that God loves me and so does Daddy Bruce