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Well, thousands of folks back east they say Are leavin' home most everyday They're beatin' the hot ole dusty way To the California line Across the desert sands they roll A-gettin' outta that ole dust bowl They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl But,

As the morning light stretched in across my bed I thought of you Remembering your laughing eyes and all we said I love you too As all my thoughts of you pass 'fore my face a thousand times The way they race my heart... I cannot say it all in lines Ho

I've been walkin' in my sleep Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep. Where the years went I can't say. I just turned around and they've gone away. I've been siftin' through the layers Of dusty books and faded papers That tell a story I used to k

This old town should've burned down in 1929 That's when we stood in line Waiting for our soup Swallowing our pride This old town should've burned down in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up our bellies Dust filled up our lungs And we tho

Oh was there someone you were thinking of? Was there someone you were thinking of? Yeah But if you're fighting against the wind You know that we can't wake up (We can't wake up) We... We can't wake up We can't wake up It's turning and turning inside