Big Dallas Sky

In all those deserted farms I searched for you

In the driving rain most nights feeling like a ghost

Moving unseen and through every street of dreams

Then I saw you one day laughing under that big Dallas sky

After you went away I thought I'd never see your face again

Ships that pass in the night

Thought I'd make my way up north, go get a steady job

Work with my hands if the occasion called

But the West Texas wind

Kept calling me back

Through China-town and up the East River

To that big Dallas sky

I knew I'd find you in a bar some place

Pretending you never knew the stranger at the door

But the other customers were wise to that game

I knew you'd come running sooner or later

But not because of my sweet longing arms

And not because of the way I held you that night