Dust and Destiny

[Intro] [Verse 1] Well, the dust flies high on a lonesome road, A guitar case, a half-broke code. One worn-out boot and a heart full of rain, Chasin’ shadows of a lost freight train. Met a widow in Waco, her tears like cheap wine, She said, “Love’s a coyote, it’ll slip past the line.” I strummed her a tune ‘bout a man turned to stone, Now her porch light flickers, but I’m long gone. [Chorus] Oh, the twang of these strings sings a soul left behind, A pocketful of nothin’, but the highway’s still kind. From Tulsa to Austin, every scar’s got a name, Dust and destiny play the same ol’ game. [Verse 2] A waitress in Laredo with a fire-red dye, Her smile hid a bullet from a blue northern sky. We danced ‘neath a neon that buzzed like a sin, She whispered, “Darling, let the heartache begin.” Her laugh was a jukebox, stuck on repeat, A quarter for the pain, two steps to the b**t. [Chorus] Oh, the twang of these strings sings a soul left behind, A pocketful of nothin’, but the highway’s still kind. From Tulsa to Austin, every scar’s got a name, Dust and destiny play the same ol’ game. [Bridge] The preacher said, “Son, you’re a ghost in the breeze, Ain’t no roots in the gravel, just memories that tease.” But I’ll write my story on a diner’s napkin, ‘Fore the stars burn out and the world stops happenin’. [Chorus] Oh, the twang of these strings sings a soul left behind, A pocketful of nothin’, but the highway’s still kind. From Tulsa to Austin, every scar’s got a name, Dust and destiny play the same ol’ game. [Outro]