Dawn's Early Light

That old prairie wind is blowing I can feel it on my face As the land, it rolls out before me Everything, now, is in its place My old home, I'll never go to My old home, I'll never see For I must ride, now, across these flatlands Fleein' the man who murdered me Chorus: By the dawn's early light Oh now, I must saddle up and ride By the dawn's early light Oh now, ride through the night Into the dawn's early light In the state of Indiana Lived the man who killed my son I shot his a*s dead, now I did it indeed After ten long years on the run But that man, he was not a loner Had two brothers, Lord, you see They flipped a coin, now, to let fate decide Which one would come and murder me [ Chorus ] Sun comes up, I'm down in the valley In the air, sensation over me When I see cold men up around the corner Both of the Brothers riding right in front of me Down in the valley it's two against one All men reaching for their guns Three. Three. Three shots fired down in the valley Two men dying in the morning sun By the dawn's early light My boy's kneelin' by my side By the dawn's early light As I lay me down to die By the dawn's early light Oh now, I must saddle up and ride By the dawn's early light Oh now, ride through the night Riding along into the night Riding along into the night