I got
off of a train,
don't remember where I'd been
But I was driven by depression
and the weight of the wind
A shadow of a man on an overcast day
I didn't have a definition
and it gradually faded to grey
The weight of the wind
took me away
and brought me back here again
I felt the cool rain
out on the plains
just a memory to me
Now I don't expect I'll ever
feel it again
And there's a drought in this valley
that might never end
The are dying in the fields
like a lot of my friends
Though I promised my family
I would stay till the end
I know too well the temptation to
be gathered away by the wind
The weight of the wind
took me away
and brought me back here again
I've seen it take clouds
quickly away
When it could just as soon
have left them here
We're throwing down thunder
and rain
An d if I had my dreams
I'd swear I'd have walked
a road of gold
Instead of chasing my desires
On a tightrope wire
Till I just got old
It's the second day in March
My birthday isn't till May
But still I feel a few years older
Than I did yesterday
If it's a few years wiser
I'm not ready to say
I only wanted to surprise her
And was coming back to town either way
The weight of the wind
Took me away
and brought me back here again
The tears were hot rain
Falling from her eyes
I never wanted to desert
I never wanted to
We've told you such lies
The weight of the wind
Took me away
and brought me back here again
I felt the cool rain
Out on the plains
Just a memory to me now
I don't expect I'll ever