古铜色的风

The dust hangs heavy on the interstate

Between a bottle and a losing hand

I left my conscience at the border gate

To find some peace inside this lawless land

Bad water and a long way home

Hard miles on a heart of stone

Bad water and a long way home

Lord, I’m better off alone

A deck of cards and a loaded gun

Are all the friends a man can truly keep

I’m always moving toward the setting sun

Before the ghosts wake from their restless sleep

Bad water and a long way home

Hard miles on a heart of stone

Bad water and a long way home

Lord, I’m better off alone

I saw the lawman in my rearview glass

Just a silhouette against the rising heat

I’ll let the shadows and the miles pass

Until the desert and the heaven meet

Bad water and a long way home

Hard miles on a heart of stone

Bad water and a long way home

Lord, I’m better off aloneBetter off alone

In the sage and the stone

Just a long way home