Full Lyrics: "The Wasteland Ramble"
Meet The Prairie Scholars:
I grew up in west Texas, that’s the flattest land there could be
I grew up in west Texas, that’s the flattest land there could be
You could drive a country mile, you could look back and see a puddle of pee
The prairie land in Texas stretches out as far as you can see
The prairie land in Texas stretches out as far as you can see
You could stand up on a chair, you could see into the next county
Back in west Texas the sky can fill itself with grit
Back in west Texas the sky can fill itself with grit
And everywhere you go you can either smell the oil or the bullshit
Back on them high plains it’s forty miles to any town
Back on them high plains it’s forty miles to any town
And even if you get there you’re going to find there ain’t no one around
I grew up on them flatlands, I got that dirt in my veins
I grew up on them flatlands, I got that dirt in my veins
There ain’t no kind of dirty like dirty out on them south plains
I Feel You:
I am intrinsically flawed
I don’t see the good in the world
I shut myself off
For hours I stay alone in the dark
Now I feel you more than I have felt anyone
You break through
You shatter the night
You are my morning sun
I medicate
Try to forget what caused my pain
I lose touch
But you keep me grounded in your love
Now I feel you more than I have felt anyone
You break through
You shatter the night
You are my morning sun
Horse Thief:
The horse thief came riding out across those painted plains
He rode steady on that stolen mare through the winds and through the rains
cause they were gaining ground behind him, shit-hot on his trail
They were loading up their six guns, going to send his ass to hell
They’re going to send him to hell, that’s what they’re going to do
They’re going to send him to hell, and take that horse back too
He rode on with his head down tearing through the night
The ranch girl that he’d gone to see was now miles out of sight
Cause her daddy who had caught them had gone to fetch his gun
And the lover boy in his rush to leave became a horse thief on the run
They’re going to send him to hell, that’s what they’re going to do
They’re going to send him to hell, and take that horse back too
He hid out in the canyon praying for his life
He had tried to tell the rancher that he would make that girl his wife
But the posse had surrounded the horse thief in the night
And the muzzle blasts from their many guns made an awful wicked light
They’re going to send him to hell, that’s what they’re going to do
They’re going to send him to hell, and take that horse back too
Twenty-Six Grand a Year:
I can’t afford a new car or even gasoline
I don’t have the funds for them kind of things
But I don’t need to go on vacation
Cause all I need is a fresh libation
And everything will be alright
You know I don’t make too much money
It comes out to about twenty -six grand a year
All I want to do is dance with you honey
And I can still afford one more beer
I look at people around me and I see
Someone’s always worse or better off than me
And lately I’ve been doing some thinking
We’d all be feeling better if we did more drinking
Maybe everything will just be alright
You know I don’t make too much money
It comes out to about twenty -six grand a year
All I want to do is dance with you honey
And I can still afford one more beer
If I Were a Demon:
If I were a demon, I’d be a loyal one
I’d be a royal one, I’d be the favorite son
If I were a demon, I’d be a loyal one
If I were a tumor, I’d be a benign one
I’d be a divine one, burned off by the sun
If I were a tumor, I’d be a benign one
And I think that I would die if you never knew I
Could have been anything and always stayed the same
Lovin’ you like I do
If I were a mountain, I’d be a lonely one
I’d be a smoky one, I’d be a jagged one
If I were a mountain, I’d be a lonely one
If I were a garden, I’d be a hidden one
An overridden one, a long forbidden one
If I were a garden, I’d be a hidden one
And I think that I would die if you never knew I
Could have been anything and always stayed the same
Lovin’ you like I do
This Guitar:
Waking up in the morning, my guitar beside me she never runs off when I doze
We were out last night drinking and we went to bed thinking ‘bout how we would wake up nose to nose
And now here we are waking up nose to nose
We were gigging one weekend up in south Amarillo
Down at Burberry’s Island Cuisine
It was two in the morning and without any warning, my little baby was nowhere to be seen
My little guitar nowhere to be seen
Me and this guitar, we have both seen far down the roads of a county or two
Now she ain’t much for looking and she ain’t into hooking
But I would know her by the light of the moon
For two months I gone rambling, to where the dealing and gambling went down at the local pawn store
Quick cash in the pocket, I knew they would hawk it, and she was hanging there by the door
She’s just hanging there by the door
She looked tired and lonely, but she seemed like the only guitar in the whole world to me
And for $200 I just up and bought her when love is the price what’s the fee?
No never you mind ‘bout the fee
Me and this guitar, we have both seen far down the roads of a county or two
Now she ain’t much for looking and she ain’t into hooking
But I would know here by the light of the moon
More Than a Lover:
In the dark and cold November the leaves fall from our tree
Reminding me of all my former dignity
That you took from me, my love
Now the tree stand bare, it reminds me of
Back when you were more than a lover
Back when you were still my friend
Oh, how did you think I’d not discover
Where you had been?
Now the leaves lay all around me, broken dreams in the dark
I had always warned you, dear, how fragile we all are
But you lied to me with her
Now you both lie here in the frozen dirt
Back when you were more than a lover
Back when you were still my friend
Oh, how did you think I’d not discover
Where you had been?
Flatland Farmers:
He wakes up early morning to that cell phone chiming, time to wake up face another day
They buried all their money in a flatland farm, now the rain won’t come and the sun won’t go away
They’ve never been to California or much past Oklahoma, they just stayed at home and worked away their days
It’s a miracle she still loves him and that they are together, they haven’t gone on their separate ways
On a flatland farm you have to gamble with your life with your hard earned pay burning in the sun
The hard dry land doesn’t care or understand that the banker man has got you on the run
They jumped in their old pickup cause it still turns over, more faithful than those mindless stars above
They drove it through the prairie to the sanctuary, the First Baptist Church of Jesus’ Love
They walked right down the isle on the blessed Sunday side by side with rifles in their hands
They said they’d given money for ‘bout fifteen years now they need it back, hope Jesus understands
On a flatland farm you have to gamble with your life with your hard earned pay burning in the sun
The hard dry land doesn’t care or understand that the banker man has got you on the run
And when they left they took no more than they were due
Police men might be waiting at home for them for all they knew
On a flatland farm you have to gamble with your life with your hard earned pay burning in the sun
The hard dry land doesn’t care or understand that the banker man has got you on the run
Damage:
We give ourselves to you
We are sucked dry ‘til not even a tear is left in our eyes
And if you refuse to listen, we’re going to stop trying
We are tired and poor and hungry and we are weak
And we work ourselves to death, with no promise of a feast
Staying alive is half the battle and I sense defeat
This is what we’re made of and this is what we’ll always be
But deprive yourself of air and the damage will be plain to see
We are used but we allow it
We forget so soon the cost of a faceless lover
We could crawl back into her arms, we could run for cover
This is what we’re made of and this is what we’ll always be
But deprive yourself of air and the damage will be plain to see
So Cold:
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
Just like the fall leaves falling off the trees
I fell for you on that clear blue day
But I know you’ll go away, though you say you’ll stay
We both know you’ll leave, come winter’s eve
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
Started out so sweet, I could feel the heat
You were all good things, but now you’re a bad taste in my mouth
The light is going out, the sun is going down
And you are not around, just like I knew you wouldn’t be
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
Babe you’re so cold I don’t know why I try to hold on
While you run you run you run
This is the End:
Everyone is saying that this is the end
Go pack your belongings, say goodbye to your friends
Cause it’s missiles or it’s Jesus or it’s bonfires
It’s shifting poles or solar flares blazing from the sun
Everyone is saying there’s work to be done
They say the mission’s duties fall to everyone
Cause it’s warming or it’s virus or it’s black holes
It’s frozen bits of asteroid careening toward the sun
We only have so much time
We run out so fast, we run out so fast
We only make so much love
Life is leaving fast, it’s leaving us so fast
Some people are saying these are the final days
They say to come repent cause they know the only way
But the truth is that we’re all afraid of dying
And all of us have to face it somewhere along the line
We only have so much time
We run out so fast, we run out so fast
We only make so much love
Life is leaving fast, it’s leaving us so fast
Some people are saying the world is ending too
They say that it could happen in just a year or two
But the truth is that it’s all going to end sometime
And it wouldn’t make a difference tonight for you and I
We only have so much time
We run out so fast, we run out so fast
We only make so much love
Life is leaving fast, it’s leaving us so fast
It’s leaving us so fast