One Blue Sky

Little Annie Vickers is boarding up windows
And her old dog is stranded on the silos
Hey there Annie, don't even think it
So much water and you can't even drink itWell, maybe by Christmas they'll dig up the roads
Take whatever you can girl, leave the rest for the crows
Leave the rest for the crowsLivin' in Crawford for fifteen years
Nothin' much ever happens 'round here
And no one believed the water would come
'Til the sky grew dark and it swallowed the sunAnd it rained for forty-two nights and forty-two days
And every thing that we loved is floatin' awayHow long 'til our dreams run dry
Don't know but we're stayin'
On our knees we raise our eyes
Holdin' on and prayin' to find one blue skyMiss Wilson sits with an insurance adjuster
Big city boys, she never did trust 'em
Have you been gettin' the letters I'm sendin'
'Cause the preacher swears that the world is endingWell, if there's a way out, wish someone would show us
We keep looking around here for some modern day MosesHow long 'til our dreams run dry
Don't know but we're stayin'
On our knees we raise our eyes
Holdin' on and prayin' to find one blue skyNow we're diggin' our heels hard as we can
But the backyard looks like the Rio Grande
And I wonder will it wash us clean or wash us awayHow long 'til our dreams run dry
Don't know but we're stayin'
On our knees we raise our eyes
Holdin' on and prayin' to find one blue skyHow long 'til our dreams run dry
Don't know but we're stayin'
On our knees we raise our eyes
Holdin' on and prayin' to find one blue sky, one blue sky