And now the tumbleweed is rolling down the plain chased down the dunes by dust that’s never known the rain.
It runs as frightened as a rabbit to its distant lair down the diamond desert only God knows where.
Above the hills the clouds wait silently as if they knew some secret not yet part of me.
In the far west... my home.
And as the afternoon gives up the summer sun the shadows lengthen slowly, one by one a million colors dart and dance and die across the sky an eager evening bids the dying day goodbye.
A man could live alone and never think it wrong if the November wind didn’t sing such lonesome songs.
In the far west... my home.
And now the rain begins and as it starts to fall a silence like the breath of God comes down and covers all.
It’s the last day of the year no more fences left to clear not another hill to climb there just isn’t any time.
With cold December just a frown away the tall trees lift their weary arms to pray.
In the far west... my home.
I always thought that I’d die in my own bed surrounded by the memories of the life I’d led not mourned by many, but by just a chosen few the few who understood the things I tried so hard to do.
Now I’m dying all alone now I’m dying all alone now I’m dying all alone with the November wind singing in the far west... my home.