I don't know where I come from But I know it's a place here on earth Somewhere in a desert near A mountain was the place of my birth If you could tell
I don't know where i come from but i know it's a place here on earth Somewhere in a desert near a mountain was the place of my birth If you could tell
Tradução: Veirs, Laura. Huérfano Mae.
Twenty days walking so lonely and talking to myself and the rocks and sand Got me to thinking 'bout going and drinking in a tavern with a clean-shaven
Hear the whistle blow far off In the still night without stars See the tracks laid flat with a hammer's might They're the spike driver's scars They're
Did you see that lady there They stripped her to her underwear She took it one step further and stripped to bare Through the rising flames And smoke
I'm falling off the barstool mama in this old ghost town saloon Where sunlight moves like sadness across the room Oh my sweet mama if you could only
The yellow wind sends brambles through the dust The tractor wheels won't turn for all the rust the corn has died And dried upon the stalk her lips are
The sky's a raven marching band black blizzard blowing across the land Come darling take my hand i'm whiskey poured into the sand Star blossoms bloom
Light of the morning day Sadly it will not stay This perfect pink for too long couple of hours from now All the sunflowers will frown and turn For the
Birds were falling from the sky all leaves had turned to brown The heartless cold froze everything and took my poor red down Poor old red she's dead
Billy was a young man gone astray Bottle at his lips all night and day Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday Mama said they're gonna
