[Verse 1]
Baptize me in Elijah Creek
How could I continue?
Near the furnace at Debtor's Forge
Just east of West Virginia
Heard the strain as a small child
Of the drum and bugle corps

[Chorus]
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul

[Verse 2]
We interrupt this program
This report just in
Carnage continues unabated
According to recent bulletins
Yeah, we're live on the scene, baby
So let those cameras roll

[Chorus]
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul

[Verse 3]
Why did you spend so much?
Why did you give it all?
Poured out on cold little misers
And the returns are so small
Yeah, those strange economics
And the length that love goes
[Chorus]
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul

[Verse 4]
No doubt, your honor
I stand condemned by law
Wire photo of a grinning man
Beside a bullet-riddled fuselage
I got this bolt-action heart
And a lot of ammo

[Chorus]
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul

[Verse 5]
Well, the patient looks healthy
And the citizen free
But there been lots of known cases
Of mistaken identity
"And if the shoe fits"
The preacher extolled

[Chorus]
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul
Oh, my blister soul