Desert at Night

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