Smoke From The Fire goes into the sky
And Brings On a Tear From God's eye.
Champagne clouds and whiskey dreams
this life ain't easy as it seems
The hour is late and the sun's going down
The Rocky Mountain's golden crown
My eyes close as the stars come out
no doubt in my mind this is what it's about
I been on the road now for over a year
All I know about home is that it ain't here
i been rattlin' on like an auctioneer
all I know about home is that it ain't here
And when I dream, I always see her face
Although it seems I cannot name this place
Every single night, the steps that I retrace
lead me right back to the scene of my disgrace
It's been three long years since you closed your eyes
my baby's asleep on the hillside
The day you died, I made up my mind
I'd burn it down, leave it all behind
Feels like a hundred years since she went away
buried in the Colorado clay
In the dead of night, I took her life
with the pale moonlight shining on my knife
Word at the bar was she was gettin' around
Had another man in another town
In a fit of rage, Lord, I went insane
and left her lyin' in the fast lane
And when I dream I always see your face
It takes me back to that cursed time and place
You start to scream and all I hear is amazing grace
can't be redeemed, now I long for your embrace
I been on the road now for too damn long
she done me dirty and I done her wrong
I been on the road now for too damn long
he done me dirty and I done her wrong