Tell me what would you do If I told you the truth And I took you by the hand To see the dust swirl in pools And a dark desert cools In an empty wasted land Tell me what would you do If this happened to you Would it help you now to understand There's a line in the sand A line in the sand It'll keep you from the promised land It's just a line in the sand And what would you say If I told you today That your mother won't hold your hand any more Because she's broken and tired She's inflamed with desire To turn her head and and walk away From the line in the sand The line in the sand It'll keep you from the promised land It's just a line in the sand A line in the sand It's going to keep you from the promised land The refineries burn And your mother she turns To watch you stumble into the night She's run out of tears Have you run out of fear? Is your candle still burning bright? You crossed that line in the sand The line in the sand It's going to keep you from the promised land