[Verse]
Left her standin' in the Lubbock sun,
Her hair like gold, her love undone.
The oilfield called, a hard day's toil,
Hands on wrenches, heart on the soil.
[Verse 2]
Red dirt roads, her soft goodbye,
Her teary smile, the endless sky.
She whispered "wait," but life don't bend,
Dreams like hers, they can't suspend.
[Chorus]
I traded her kiss for the black crude’s call,
A lonely man with nothin' at all.
Rig lights burn, my soul feels torn,
In the oilfield nights where dreams get worn.
[Verse 3]
Her letters come, they smell of rain,
Carved in ink, they spell my pain.
But money talks in a cruel refrain,
And love gets lost in a workin' man's chain.
[Bridge]
The desert sings a mournful tune,
Beneath the sun and pale-faced moon.
I'm diggin' deep, but it's never enough,
The price of love is diamond tough.
[Chorus]
I traded her kiss for the black crude’s call,
A lonely man with nothin' at all.
Rig lights burn, my soul feels torn,
In the oilfield nights where dreams get worn.