Black Hat Rodeo

He came in on a coal-black coat

Eyes like a lock and key

She spun her spurs on the plywood floor

Said, “Boy, you best not stare at me”

He tipped his hat, kept his cards too tight

She read him quick as flame

One hand on the bar, one hand on her hip

Neither one said a name

She said, “What you hiding, stranger?”

He said, “What you want to find?”

Dust in her boots, rain in his bones

Something wild tied up inside

Black hat rodeo

You and me, we know

Too hot to hold

Too close to let go

Black hat rodeo

Spin me slow, spin me low

She’s a spark, I’m a storm

Watch the whole place glow

Black hat rodeo

He lived in the gaps between right and wrong

A map with a torn-off edge

She was prairie fire in a red bandana

Dancing on a splintered ledge

He said, “I don’t stay where the light runs thin”

She laughed, “Then you won’t stay long”

When her boots hit wood and his dark heart broke

That was the start of the song

She leaned in close like trouble

He smiled like he knew why

Her name rolled sharp off his burnt-out tongue

Like thunder under sky

Black hat rodeo

You and me, we know

Too hot to hold

Too close to let go

Black hat rodeo

Spin me slow, spin me low

She’s a spark, I’m a storm

Watch the whole place glow

Black hat rodeo

He reached for her, she didn’t run

Just let that hard rain fall

Two strangers made of sparks and dust

Learning how to take it all

Then the room went still

And the floorboards shook

When he said her name

Like a stolen look

Black hat rodeo

You and me, we know

Too hot to hold

Too close to let go

Black hat rodeo

Spin me slow, spin me low

She’s a spark, I’m a storm

Watch the whole place glow

Black hat rodeo

Black hat rodeo