The Pisten Bullys - West Dakota Lyrics

It's been a long year in West Dakota
Trying to get back my head
I tried every odd job and the worst of hard
No jack of trade I am

But I've pounded fence
And I've pounded pavement
Still got no more than I did

And when it comes time
I'm gonna thumb that ride
To the nearest town of sin

And there I go I got nothing to lose
I got cash and whiskey in my bag
Stared at miles that got no horizon
And It'll be waiting here when I get back
If I get back

The first few months I was pounding post
And pulling wire on the range
For a white-haired named Smilie
Who only had a frown for me

Then the cattle got out
He called it my fault
And chased me with a 243

And when it comes time
I'm gonna thumb that ride
To the nearest town of sin

And there I go I got nothing to lose
I got cash and beers in my bag
Stared at miles that got no horizon
And It'll be waiting here when I get back
If I get back

And there I go I got nothing to lose
I got cash and whiskey in a bag
Stared at miles that got no horizon
And It'll be waiting here when I get back
If I get back

The next six months I roamed the flat land sludge
Looking for my next slice
The road crew was sweating and I was two
In the orange vests that we wore

Then the foreman was drunk
The job got done
No thanks to the government too

Well, I think it's time
That I thumb that ride
To the nearest town of sin

And there I go I got nothing to lose
I got cash and beers in my bag
Stared at miles that got no horizon
And It'll be waiting here when I get back
If I get back