Wild And Clear And Blue

Sunlight breaking through the blinds
Someone shouts: Come on, it's time
Rushing out the door and buckle up
Digging around in the tapes on the passenger side
Push one in, press rewind
And windshield wipers keeping time

Ooh, when I was nine
Heard you singing about the five and dime
What's that? I asked and my mama said
They were everywhere when I was a kid

I hear the fiddle and the bow
Still playing long after the show
And your voice runs like the Brazos through me
Wild and clear and blue

Feet shuffling 'cross the floor
Moonlighting at a record store
Thumbing through the bins to find a friend
I pick one out and I put it on
Dancing alone to my favorite song
Under the flicker of fluorescent lights

Ooh, when I was nine
Heard you singing about paradise
What's that? I asked and my mama said
That was everywhere when I was a kid

I hear the fiddle and the bow
Still playing long after the show
And your voice runs like the Brazos through me
Wild and clear and blue

Now I'm rolling down all my windows
While the wild birds cut lines across the sky
Your voices are swirling around me
Driving into the west Texas night
Breathing in the scent of the sagebrush
Tears cutting lines across my face
Now the static is slowing replacing
The sounds of my childhood days

We were singing about paradise
What's that? I asked and my mama said
That was everywhere when I was a kid

I hear the fiddle and the bow
Still playing long after the show
And love runs like the Brazos through me
Wild and clear and blue
Wild and clear and blue
Wild and clear and blue