She spends too much time with herself every night
Just fooling around with her fears
In the morning she mourns the decline of her mind
Drowning in a bottle of beer
It's too dangerous just to think about what she might have been
If she'd sung for salvation, if she'd danced on her dreams

But there's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
'Cause tonight she's gonna blow it all away
Lord, she feels so twisted, she ain't ever gonna fix it
She's just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

An' hе don't know if he's a communist, a hedonist or a whore
Spеnt too much time ridin' on a white line to find the door
An' if he did, and he opened it, he'd find those letters in the hall
But he's too blind to read between the lines
'Cause the writing's on the wall

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
'Cause tonight he's gonna blow it all away
Lord, he feels so twisted, he ain't ever gonna fix it
He's just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

(Let that light shine awhile
...
Grand Old Opry lights are on, Hank Williams on the juke box, we all comin' home tonight
...
I'll tell you, dear...)
I got ecstasy, but I need some company
You got that mystery; Lord, I need a plan
All I got is a compromise and a bag full of alibis
Lord, as empty as the bottle of whiskey in my shaking hand

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
'Cause tonight we're gonna blow it all away
Lord, we feel so twisted, we ain't ever gonna fix it
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

(One more time for the people)

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
'Cause tonight, we're gonna blow it all away
You know we feel so fuckin' twisted, we ain't ever gonna fix it
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day