Threadbare angel you've got so much fight and you
Wanna disappear like a train at night
But there's something keep you and it holds you here
It ain't love no it ain't fear of these
Cassanovas cowboy romeos leave your
Empty hands filled with drunken poems
Bout some blue Matisse with her levi's torn
You been a masterpiece since you were born
When you paint
Paint by lightning
Highway neon crosses Oklahoma sky
Palomino running through the darkness in my mind
Blonde hair falling cross the hips of my guitar
Tornado warning leaving hometown scars
Through these main street alleys
High and lonesome's been the love of your life
But you are born to love you are built for fighting
Underneath your thunder are your brush strokes hiding
When you paint, Paint by lightning. When you paint, Paint by lightning
Toss and turn toil and tumble
Each shuddered breath I hear your heart strings crumble
Oh but I'm right here if you could just see me
Here since the start. Tears and dirt on my cheeks
You got your buckskin jacket and that chip on your shoulder
That's the way I like it fire's best when it smolders
Maybe someday we'll get our shot at the crown
Maybe someday you and I gone burn this shit town
Till then I'm just a shadow in the rain cold and biting
Dancing in the thunder while your brush strokes hide
While you paint, Paint by lightning
While you paint
Paint by lightning
While you paint. Paint by lightning
Baby paint. Paint by lightning