Rising with the smoke, rising with the smoke to a clear blue Kansas sky

Rising with the smoke, rising with the smoke my final goodbye

Take me back to Tulsa, take me back to Tulsa where the whiskey’s cold

Rising with the smoke, rising with the smoke all the lies you told

Shining in the light, shining in the light, all your wicked ways

Shining in the light shining in the light, a pawn in your game

Take me back to Tulsa, take me back to Tulsa where they don’t know my shame

Shining in the light, shining in the light, my turn with the flame

And I won’t be coming home, tell the ghosts to leave me alone

Tell the thieves, I burned it down. I burned it down to the stone cold ground

Buried in the dust, buried in the dust all of my intent

Buried in the dust, buried in the dust, all the evidence

Take me back to Tulsa, take me back to Tulsa, I need to cross that state line

Buried in the dust, buried in the dust, embers of my pride

And I won’t be coming home, tell the ghosts to leave me alone. Tell the thieves I burned it down. I burned it down to the stone cold ground

Don’t mess around with the wrath of a woman, she’ll throw lightning when you’re not looking

You ignored my warnings. Kicking up dust on this barren old highway, headed dead south where you’ll never find me. There’s only so much a woman can take before she breaks

And I won’t be coming home, tell the ghosts to leave me alone. Tell the thieves I burned it down. I burned it down to the stone cold ground. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust