This Forgotten Town

Rode out of this forgotten town Had to watch my old horse drown Buried by the river Chocolate colored by the mud When we young we were judged By the choices that we made And all the time we wasted and the love The love that I betrayed Well They built the dam and everything changed Little houses huddled on the range Fear came rolling in And covered up the sun In the land of milk and honey That's where I laid my claim But every day that I lost money It brought me closer to the grave Where the river don't flow Where the grass don't grow Preacher had a cross to bear He smelled salvation in the air Tempted by the silver and gold Put him six feet in the ground I came across her by the road Dressed in her Sunday best She took my hand and led me home To the place, the place I can't forget Where the river don't flow Where the grass don't grow Living in a makeshift tent Couldn't find money for the rent Do you believe in the kingdom to come And the promise of the word In the land of milk and honey That's where I laid my claim But every day that I lost money It brought me closer to the grave Where the river don't flow Where the grass don't grow Where the river don't flow Where the grass don't grow