Devil Wind

I walked into the bar

Three days ride, hogtied

I didn’t make it far

I knew what I had done

But I never played for nice

Any fool can tell ya

Held a pair of dice

You keep it if you won

And now

Come a raven on a wing

I looked at her

She poured a drink

Devil wind

I can hear you

And I hear you softly calling out to me

Devil wind

I can feel you

My body lying low beside a tree

She led me to her room

Lipstick on my mouth

And I could see the moon

It shone a light at me

But I never killed a man

Or so I told her

Hell, I thought she’d understand

She sang me off to sleep

And now

Come the sound of steely guns

Up with the sun

But she was gone

Devil wind

I can hear you

And I hear you softly calling out to me

Devil wind

I can feel you

My body lying low beside a tree

And now

Time is falling through my hands

Like angry blood

Will you watch it run

I never caught her name

Sue Anne, with a plan

It’s just another game

And still I wonder why

Her body and her soul

Laid on top of

Every love I’d known

You’d think that I’d survive

And now

Can you recognize a face

Left in your heart

Left to remain

Devil wind

I can hear you

And I hear you softly calling out to me

Devil wind

I can feel you

My body lying low beside a tree

My body lying low beside a tree

My body hanging low

Among the trees