[Verse]
The dust rose high
Choked the sky
Fields lay bare where dreams would die
Daddy's hands
They cracked
They bled
Every crop failed
Every prayer was said
[Chorus]
The drought came down
It took it all
Daddy lost the farm
We watched it fall
Momma held me
We couldn't see—
What was left of us
Just her and me
[Verse 2]
The barn leaned low
A tired sigh
Rust on the plow
No tears left to cry
We packed the truck
Left roots behind
Daddy stayed
But we lost his mind
[Prechorus]
He sat in silence
Hat in hand
Like a ghost in his own land
[Chorus]
The drought came down
It took it all
Daddy lost the farm
We watched it fall
Momma held me
We couldn't see—
What was left of us
Just her and me
[Bridge]
The riverbed dry
Cracked and wide
The sun a cruel king we couldn’t abide
Daddy’s shadow
Fading slow
The man we knew
We’ll never know