Texas Dust

Here in Texas where everything comes bigger

My panhandle home was hit harder than the rest

If the wind blows one way, we get the dark dust of Oklahoma

From the north it's grey, and the brown is from the west

Rolling black, rolling black

I saw her drop to her knees and pray out loud

"Another chance, another chance"

I heard her say in the street "This is the end"

Most of our friends are gone, they've left and become Okies

The desert scares me, I'll take my chances here

I get 9 cents a pound for my sour cream in town

We scratch and save to live

Night in day, night in day

The sun was blocked, people cried "Our time has come"

The wind came on, the wind came on

We and our misery were covered then gone