Dust Devils and Lullabies

[Intro]
[Verse]
The red dirt settles on my boots
Tangled in these hollow roots
The wire’s rusted on the post
Leaning like a tired ghost
The Oklahoma sun is low
Watching shadows start to grow
[Pre-Chorus]
The wind begins to moan
I’m standing here alone
A king without a throne
[Chorus]
Dust devils dance in the yard
Keeping watch and standing guard
Her garden’s turned to grey
Since the day she went away
I’m humming half a tune
Beneath a lonely moon
[Verse]
The trellis fell a year ago
Where the weeds and thistles grow
I trace the latch upon the gate
Knowing I have come too late
The soil has turned to bitter sand
Slipping through a shaky hand
[Bridge]
The pedal steel begins to cry
Across a dark and empty sky
I’m unmoored upon this plain
Searching for a drop of rain
The silence is a heavy weight
Decided by a cruel fate
[Verse]
She sang of hills and rolling streams
Now she’s only in my dreams
The lullaby is fading fast
Like a shadow from the past
I’m a stranger to the plow
Nothing grows here for me now
[Chorus]
Dust devils dance in the yard
Keeping watch and standing guard
Her garden’s turned to grey
Since the day she went away
I’m humming half a tune
Beneath a lonely moon
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, the dust is all I find
Leaving everything behind
Just a memory in my mind
[Outro]