Thunderheads

The kids are playing in the sand

Supper's on the table and there's promise in the sky

And my hair is nearly dry

You're not praying, so I do

You're out there on your ginger mare

Not so much a prayer for rain

But a desperate prayer for you

Like a heartless lover's lie

Thunderheads blow across the mesa

Thunderheads across the mountains

As another dream goes by

They glow like clouds from heaven

But the devil has to have his way

Thunderheads will bring you to your knees

And make you pray for a rainy day

I know you can't admit it

That you've lost and nature's won

Across the dying sun

That thunderheads will blow away

So don't try to tell me darling

How your heart's lost to the land

I don't need your explanations

I just want to hold your hand

When it rains the dust will die

We'll listen to the music on the roof

We'll laugh again and love

And we'll lie upon the sheets

And fall asleep

Just like the years when we had rain

Then you'll feel the need to let me

Near your heart again