Eric Anderson - Thirsty Boots

You've long been on the open road, you've been sleepin' in the rain
From the dirt of words and mud of cells, your clothes are dark and stained
But the dirty words and muddy cells will soon be judged insane
So only stop and rest yourself til you'll be off again

CHORUS:
Then take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, maybe if I try
I'm just lookin' for the evening, and the morning in your eyes

But tell me of the ones you saw as far as you could see
Across the plain from field to town a-marchin' to be free
And of the rusted prison gates that tumbled by degree
Like laughin' children one by one who looked like you and me

CHORUS

I know you are no stranger down the crooked rainbow trails
From dancing cliff-edged shattered sills of slander shackled jails
But the voices drift up from below as the walls they're being scaled
All of this, and more, my friend, your song shall not be failed

CHORUS