I got a job in the badlands working in the mines for a spell
I up & married this redhead, well, she knows how to give me hell
I got this truck & this bad buzz real cheap & it'll take them both just to carry me on down
Down the road, away from the river where you first laid hands on me
Held me down, pushed me under, nary a light did I see
The sky was blue, the faces were smiling, your mother was singing to me
You cried & so did I, I tried, but I couldn't believe in you
You & me just dancing under them cigarette trees
Smoking Big Rock Candy Mountains
Wishing we had something to eat
And now we don't even roll 'em up
We just sit around & have entire conversations without making a sound
I gotta leave these badlands, I gotta get out now
When they find your body, I'll be well on my way south
I think I took the wrong stuff, now I cannot see
Is this your ghost choking the life out of me?
credits
from Badlands,
released June 28, 2019
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