Steel Woods (The)
Straw In The Wind
He rode in from the West with an eye for a dollar to makeHe pitched us a sale about healing and oil from a snakeThe barkeep, he warned him, but the man did not comprehendHow strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the windToo young, but in love when she met him in some Northern townHe treated her good ’til the sun and the whiskey went downDid the bruise on her face test the patience of all of her kin?Or do strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind?Ol' Jim runs his mouth when he drinks since his wife passed awayBut he’s good to the kids and the crops that he sells are fair tradeBut a travelin' man had enough and took a pipe to his chinThat traveling man disappeared like straw in the windIf the mouth of this river could talk, here's what it would say:"If you come here with good in your heart, you'll be on your way"But I'm not the one here who judged another man's sin"Or made strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind"Strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind
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