"DRY LIGHTENING"

I threw my robe on in the morning 

Watched the ring on the stove turn red 

Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee 

Pulled on my boots and made the bed 

Screen door hangin' off its hinges 

Kept bangin' me awake all night 

As I look out the window 

The only thing in sight 

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 kickin' in the corral, smelling rain 

There's a low thunder rolling 'cross the mesquite plain 

But there'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'd dance 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 bringin' up the day 

She said, "Ain't nobody can give nobody

What they really need anyway." 

Well you get so sick of the fightin' 

You lose your fear of the end

 

But I can't lose your memory a

nd the sweet smell of your skin 

And it's just dry lightning on the horizon line, j

ust dry lightning and you on my mind.

Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen