Son Volt underground dream

Had a thought that consumed a good for bad
I can reckon I can never beat the wheel
There's a white tap stealing a nightmare
Shadows laughing and making deals
Let your hair hang down for this moment
And they try to make it disappear
If you take away this underground dream
Guns are education
The answer's larger than the Hollywood sign
If your souls can see the writing
On the burning wall of eternity
The bastion's a penitentiary
Reaction will pull broken hearts through
We can't take away this underground dream
We can't take away this underground dream
We can't take away this underground dream
We can't take away this underground dream