Prairie Fire-Marty Robbins

[ti:Prairie Fire] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Marty Robbins - Shackles and Chains] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Prairie Fire - Marty Robbins [00:07.33]While drivin' a herd of cattle out in old Nebraska way [00:10.01] [00:10.92]Headin' east at Broken Bow one hot September day [00:13.73] [00:14.40]Tryin' to get to Omaha we hoped to find a buyer [00:18.08]We never counted in the odds of a western prairie fire [00:21.29]A hot south wind was blowin' and the air was gettin' dry [00:24.90]Somethin' far away was spellin' trouble in the sky [00:28.52]Comin' closer was a sound that topped the devil's choir [00:32.02]Then we knew we had to race a raging prairie fire [00:35.65] [00:40.97]When all at once a flame is seen a-lickin' at the sky [00:44.35]And every heart is quicker and there's fear in every eye [00:47.93]We'd just one chance to get away for there's no place to hide [00:51.56]Gotta reach the river Platte one inch deep and one mile wide [00:55.77] [00:59.00]The herd is gettin' tired but we've got no time to rest [01:02.27]I try to clear the red dust that is gatherin' in my chest [01:05.82]From ridin' tail on a thousand head with the weather gettin' dry [01:09.17]The black cloud in the west is warning ride ride ride [01:12.53] [01:17.35]The roarin' heat is closer ashes fallin' by our side [01:21.06]And every breeze is burnin' singin' with its warnin' cry [01:23.92] [01:24.59]We've got to reach the river but it's still ten miles or more [01:28.21]And close behind us we can hear that wind infernal roar [01:31.92] [01:37.28]But fate had other plans for we lost that fatal race [01:40.73]We lost for neither man nor beast could long keep up the pace [01:44.35]The mighty Platte subdued its rage but none were there to rest [01:47.83]We did our best to get away but only I am left [01:51.07] [01:52.43]Now on the blackened prairie far as the eye can see [01:55.93]The grim remains are there to show that God rules you and me [01:59.47]Just one he left to tell the tale just one was his desire [02:03.54]We lost our herd and thirty men to a raging prairie fire