Letra
He made the move to this town
To find a dollar not a crown
But things didn't pan out like he thought they would
Resurrecting grain combines
God, he'd love to mope and whine
He'll do what he can to give us firewood and a childhood
He said it's making no sense to me
"Darling, kids, it's time to leave!"
A sought after man, but there's bigger tails to chase
He signed up for the draft
World War 1 had gone and passed
They didn't have a rifle with his name on it's plate
And he left our family behind
When he missed that railroad sign
Life is sometimes
Black and white it doesn't seem right
But if you take a step closer you can find
Color in the Desert at Night
Now we're the ones he left behind
We're the poorest folks alive
I hunted deer to fill the cellar in the ground
Our beds filled with hot stone
Providing heat to the bone
Mother's hair turned silver from a healthy dark brown
And I took care of my ma
In the absence of my hardworking pa
Life is sometimes
Black and white it doesn't seem right
But if you take a step closer you can find
Color in the Desert at Night
Ooooh ooooh ooooh ooooh
Ooooh ooooh ooooh ooooh
And that train didn't take him too far away
He's up in the sky and there when I pray
And I watched tears fall of my mother face
That's the kind of memory a boy can't erase
Life is sometimes
Black and white it doesn't seem right
But if you take a step closer you can find
Color in the Desert at Night
There's a whole lot more to the Desert at Night
The wind settles down and the sand comes alive
The coyotes howl and the tumbleweeds rest
What we choose to see is part of his test
Writer(s): Steven Bosco
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