[00:04.84]Lately I've been thinkin' that I could leave this town[00:12.18]I'd cut back on my drinkin', stop this running 'round[00:16.42]Playin' songs 'til after midnoght, staying up till dawn[00:22.84]There's something in the dust and wind that keeps me hangin' on[00:27.78]And I never thought I'd live to see the day I'd say "Goodbye"[00:34.35]I ain't cryin' , that's West Texas in my eye[00:42.03]I'll be your blue eyed bandit if you'll be my renegade[00:48.49]I count a thousand tumbleweeds roll by me everyday[00:53.78]I'd like to grow a rose and stow it in that desert sage[00:59.93]Like a message in a bottle floating down the open plains[01:05.19]Where the Llano Estacado rises up to meet the sky[01:11.46]I ain't crying, that's West Texas in my eye[01:19.23]I've seen the thunderheads descend and rip into the ground[01:25.46]The twisted hand of heaven spreading terror all around[01:30.37]Sending farmers into deeper debt and ranchers to the grave[01:37.09]Where towers mark the end of time with slowly spinning blades[01:42.21]'Til the water table falls below the reach of humankind[01:48.73]I ain't cryin' , that's West Texas in my eye[02:18.25]Lately I've been thinkin' , I could leave this town[02:24.61]Cut back on my drinkin', stop this running around[02:29.50]Playin' songs 'til after midnoght, staying up till dawn[02:36.09]But there's something in the dust and wind that keeps me hangin' on[02:41.10]And I never thought I'd live to see the day I'd say "Goodbye"[02:47.70]I ain't cryin' , that's West Texas in my eye[02:52.70]I ain't cryin' , that's West Texas in my eye