Powder River Rapture

I was breaking rocks on the Powder River banks
I ain't killed nobody
I ain't robbed no banks
And as I dug in the Red River dirt
I rolled in the loam and the mud and the hurt.

And I looked through your window
But you weren't there
I tapped on your door
I rang your phone.
I rocked in your chair.

That Red River valley floods each spring
I'm awaiting for that deluge to wash away my sins.
Ill keep breaking rocks till my hands bleed
Feed that greedy old river bed
I'll sow that seed.

And I looked through your window
But you weren't there
I tapped on your door
I rang your phone.
I rocked in your chair.

Bring me a ten pound hammer
And a three foot stake:
I ain't no burden
And I ain't no mistake
I'm walking those tracks
Treading that line
I ain't got no future but I feel fine

And I tapped on your window
But you weren't home
I knocked on your door
I rang your phone.

You'll find me in those caves 
Where the Big Sky fades
Past the lakes and the trees
And those honied days
In the slow drum of memory
In the blink of an eye
In a love so strong
I didn't think it could die.

And I tapped on your window
But you weren't there.
I tore my shirt
I pulled at my hair.

If these old mountains could talk, spit out their stones
Calling "Death to Dominion! It's the end of the road!"
Their carrion call would wring blood from the rocks
The daughter's of despair would shake and stop

dead in their tracks

Cause you were breaking rocks on the Powder River bank
You ain't killed nobody
Ain't robbed no banks
And as you dug in the Red River Dust
You rolled in loam and the dust

And were lost.