Dust Bowl Dance
The young man stands on the edge of his porchThe days were short and the father was goneThere was no one in the town and no one in the fieldThis dusty barren land had given all it could yield
I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteenAnd I have no idea where else my heart could have beenI placed all my trust at the foot of this hillAnd now I am sure my heart can never be still
So collect your courage and collect your horseAnd pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
Seal my heart and break my prideI've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hideAlign my heart, my body, my mindTo face what I've done and do my time
Well you are my accuser, now look in my faceYour oppression reeks of your greed and disgraceSo one man has and another has notHow can you love what it is you have got
When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?Liars and thieves you know not what is in storeThere will come a time I will look in your eyeYou will pray to the God that you've always denied
Then I'll go out back and I'll get my gunI'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"
Seal my heart and break my prideI've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hideAlign my heart, my body, my mindTo face what I've done and do my time
Well, yes sir, yes sir, yes, it was meI know what I've done, 'cause I know what I've seenI went out back and I got my gunI said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"