Threw my robe on in the morning
Watched the ring on the stove turn to red,
Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee
Pulled on my boots and made my bed
Screen door hangin' off its hinges
Kept bangin' me awake all night
As I look out the window
The only thing in sight
Chorus:
Is dry lightning
On the horizon line
Just dry lightning
And you on my mind
I chased the heat of her blood like
it was the holy grail
Descend, beautiful spirit,
into the evening pale
Her appaloosa's kicking in the corral,
smelling rain
There's a low thunder rolling across
the mesquite plain
Chorus:
But it's just dry lightning on the horizon line
It's just dry lightning and you on my mind
I'd drive down to Alvarado street
Where she danced to make ends meet
I'd spend the night over my gin
As she'd talk to her men
Well the piss yellow sun
Comes bringing up the day
She said ain't nobody gonna give nobody
What they really need anyway
You get so sick of the fighting
You lose your fear of the end
But you can't lose your memory
And the sweet smell of your skin
Chorus:
It's just dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and you on my mind