Originally Posted by JackieBlue

I agree. It still doesn't feel right to me, but I can't figure it out either, The other thing that's been bugging me is the last word in the line. Here I think someone suggested it is "run". When I first heard it I thought he said 'and the dirt I was born in won" as in "my sinful nature beat me" but that would only make sense with an opening phrase to set it up.

I know I'm spending way too much time thinking about it. Last night I dreamed Alvin and the Chipmunks were dressed like Jovi in the 80s and singing "Bless these fields and the shirt that I toil in..." And I was yelling "That's it! That's what he's saying!" But then I woke up and, alas...

Phonetically, what I hear is "(bare-sheet-steel) and the dirt I was born in won" (or "one", as someone else suggested).

Other than that, I got nuttin'.