Canvas

I had a a brother, who wasn't from my family We worked a ranch by the border, where the rain cloud's never seen And old Rocco was a ranch hand, he got fired from our boss man Now he works a 'dozer in Eagle Pass I ain't seen him in a long time, I wonder how he's gettin' by And I wish our fate sometimes could take us back He said, "your life is a canvas, you paint some everyday And when you think you've got it all figured out In your head you know the Man's got your final say Look back on all your memories, if we go our separate ways Don't forget your life's a canvas, we might get painted back someday" Rollin' barbed wire, and killin' time You wake the sunrise, and work 'til 9:00 Just like the sunset on the ocean, the light just fades away You see the stars shine in the desert, just before the break of day And then the wind throws me a memory, of a L.A. girl I loved You know she left me for the sunset, when she said she'd had enough And as the sweat rolls through my work Glove, ask me "what are you doin' here?" Could she love you for a lifetime, and not even shed a tear? I bet she'd ride by Arizona, when them mountains all turn black Question faith down at some crossroad, drinkin' from a paper sack I've lost two buddies from two drunken nights And that alone is tough They're probably in some better place, but man it's gettin' rough It's gettin' rough It's gettin' rough He said, "your life is a canvas, you paint some everyday And when you think you've got it all figured out In your head you know the Man's got your final say And look back on all your memories, if we go our separate ways Don't forget your life's a canvas, we might get painted back someday"