Dust Bowl Dance

                                  The young man stands on the edge of his porch

The days were short and the father was gone

There was no one in the town and no one in the field

This dusty barren land had given all it could yield



I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen

And I have no idea where else my heart could have been

I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill

And now I am sure my heart can never be still

So collect your courage and collect your horse

And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse



Seal my heart and break my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time



Well you are my accuser, now look in my face

Your oppression reeks of your greed and disgrace

So one man has and another has not

How 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 store



There will come a time I will look in your eye

You will pray to the God that you always denied

Then I'll go out back and I'll get my gun

I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"



Seal my heart and break my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time



Seal my heart and break my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time



Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me

I know what I've done, 'cause I know what I've seen

I went out back and I got my gun

I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"