Chris & Carla

Death at low water

Chris & Carla


I could hear you callin' 
Through the whisperin' woods 
I could hear you call my name 
from the back porch door 

Said Prosper come here quick 
It's worse than we expected it 
Found him this mornin' 
And the news ain't good 
Finally caught up with him last night 
Near the Nevada line 

Trail of blood along the clean white salt 
Found him faced down on the alkali flat 
Rolled him over, barely breathin' 
Still he got a few words out 

Said he was drivin' the Denio track 
A 4 x 4 appearded behind his back 
Headlights burning up the sky 
To the top of Steens mountain 

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Crashed his side door, 
And they forced him to stop 
Three men got out dressed in camouflage 
Told him: "Start digging us a well 
And when you're done you'll dig another." 

Then shots they ricocheted around his head 
Kicked him hard and they left him for dead 
He started crawlin' back to town 
And that is when we found him 

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And the last thing your father said 
When he closed his eyes: 

Now it's said the sun's a big door 
That protects us from the dark 
And if you look behind it 
All you'll see is yourself 

Since he died I lost my will to ride 
It's 'neath the surface 
With my shame and my pride 
Someday it will explode 
Explode in the sky 
All the way to the top of Steens mountain 

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