“Dry Lightning”
(originally by Bruce Springsteen)
(with Emmylou Harris)
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 hangin’ off its hinges
Kept bangin’ 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 kickin’
Kickin’ in the corral smelling rain
There’s a low thunder rolling
‘Cross the mesquite plain
But there’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
The piss yellow sun
Comes bringin’ up the day
She said “Ain’t nobody can give nobody
What they really need anyway.”
Well you get so sick of the fightin’
You lose your fear of the end
But I can’t lose your memory
And the sweet smell of your skin
And it’s just dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and you on my mind
About Willie Nelson Lyrics
Artist: Willie Nelson
Related songs: Will You Remember Mine Lyrics
Album: To All the Girls…
Release date: October 15, 2013
Born: April 29, 1933 (age 89 years), Abbott, Texas, United States
Organizations founded: Willie’s Reserve, Willie Nelson Biodiesel, Luck Films
Grandchild: Raelyn Nelson
Grandparents: Nancy Elizabeth Smothers, William Alfred Nelson
Songwriting partners: Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, MORE