Wichita

Lyrics

Split windows and busted wipers Never had a chance outside of Wichita They shut us down Had a horse trailer full of dreams He was 65; I was 14 They run us right into the ground That's an old story now And the Wichita gospel radio Played all the country songs that you've ever known And the signal'd come in loud and strong Way down into Oklahoma all night long Till it was gone and we'd shut it off and listen To the wild horses stampeding through the ranges In our mind [strings] Saddle broncs and rodeos Horse was a runaway from Liberal With an altered brand And we kept its white from showing With shoe polish and No. 2 stove oil The wind stood still when he ran And the Wichita gospel radio Played all the country songs you ever known And the signal'd come in loud and strong Way down into Oklahoma all night long Till it was gone and we'd turn it off and listen To the wild horses stampeding through the ranges Of our mind [strings] Stabled him across the state line In a woodshed left standing from a house fire We slept outside A truck with a registration On an unknown reservation in Idaho Then one day he died I sat up all night, and I cried And the Wichita gospel radio Played all the country songs you've ever known And the signal'd come in loud and strong Way down into Oklahoma all night long Till it was gone and we'd turn it off and listen To the wild horses stampeding through the ranges In our mind In our mind In our mind (mic noise, sounds like "kk-kk") [strings]