Dry Lightning

I threw my robe on in the morning

Watched the ring on the stove turn red

Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee

Pulled on my boots and made the bed

Screen door hanging off its hinges

Kept banging me awake all night

As I look out the window

The only thing in sight

Is dry lightning on the horizon line

Just dry lightning and you on my mind

I chased the heat of her blood like it was the holy grail

Descend, beautiful spirit, into the evening pale

Her appaloosa's kicking in the corral, smelling rain

There's a low thunder rolling across the mesquite plain

But it's just dry lightning on the horizon line

It's just dry lightning and you on my mind

I'd drive down to Alvarado Street

Where she'd dance to make ends meet

I'd spend the night over my gin

As she'd talk to her men

Well, the piss yellow sun

Comes bringing up the day

She said, "Ain't nobody can give nobody

What they really need anyway"

Well, you get so sick of the fighting

You lose your fear of the end

But I can't lose your memory

And the sweet smell of your skin

It's just dry lightning on the horizon line

It's just dry lightning on the horizon line