The song's lyrics convey the United States as a desert rose, a siren whose dress is torn in "ribbons and bows". The lyric hints at Bono's perceived a lack of political ideas in The West which he later contrasted to the revolution in Nicaragua where he had travelled during the recording of The Joshua Tree
.In God's Country Lyrics
Yeah
Desert sky
Dream beneath a desert sky
The rivers run but soon run dry
We need new dreams tonight
Desert rose
Dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
Like a siren she calls to me
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's Country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's Country
Set me alight
We'll punch a hole right through the night
Everyday the dreamers die
To see what's on the other side
She is liberty
And she comes to rescue me
Hope, faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's Country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's Country
Naked flame
She stands with a naked flame
I stand with the sons of Cain
Burned by the fire of love
Burned by the fire of love
Check out the lyrics to Mothers of the Disappeared.
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