Western Skies

I thought that all I needed was some freedom To ride the range beneath these western skies To lose myself in ever open country To roam until the mountains start to rise I had a love at home without an equal But I told them that I needed to be free They said they'd never been a fan of fences But they told me to go see what I could see Now I've been lost without love for so long Double-crossed by my blood And some goddamn country song When all my thought was bent on the horizon I never grasped how much I had to lose Now thinking back on all my bad decisions I see now that I never had to choose Tossing down another empty bottle Stumbling beneath these western skies This view from Angel's Landing must be lovely But I can't see through all these tears that fill my eyes Now I've been lost without love for so long Double-crossed by my blood And some goddamn country song These open expanses seem desolate now The band on my Stetson like thorns on my brow I'm haunted and harrowed by what could have been I'm chilled to the morrow, there's ghosts on the wind I've been lost without love for so long Double-crossed by my blood And a song