North dakota

North dakota - Chris Knight

Been snowing all day when i got home

The fire was out the cabing was cold

And i poured some stale coffee from the pot

The longer i waited the snow got higher

So i split some wood and built a fire

If she told me she'd be gone i forgot

I'd seen it snow that hard before

I couldn't see the cabing from the stable door

And that mare she always rode was in the stall

The law couldn't come till the weather broke

My heart was pounding in my throat

And i searched and called her name till it was raw

I never should have brought her here

Livin's rough this time of year

Trying to keep food and fire till winters done

Sometimes she gazed across the plains

With a look that i couldn't name

And i'd wonder if she stay till springtime comes

I found her on the first warm day

The rain had washed the snow away

Gone for wood and lost her way back home

I ain't the kind believes in ghosts

But some nights i get pretty close

When the north dakota winter moans

When the north dakota winter moans