Praire Fire-Marty Robbins

[ti:Praire Fire] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols. 1 & 2 (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Praire Fire - Marty Robbins [00:07.07]While drivin' a herd of cattle out [00:08.77]In old Nebraska way [00:10.77]Headin' east at Broken Bow [00:12.54]One hot September day [00:13.85] [00:14.38]Tryin' to get to Omaha [00:16.02]We hoped to find a buyer [00:17.81]We never counted [00:18.63]In the odds of a western prairie fire [00:21.22]A hot south wind was blowin' [00:22.60]And the air was gettin' dry [00:24.33] [00:24.86]Somethin' far away [00:26.01]Was spellin' trouble in the sky [00:28.39]Comin' closer was a sound [00:29.95]That topped the devil's choir [00:31.85]Then we knew we had to race [00:33.67]A raging prairie fire [00:40.83]When all at once a flame [00:42.20]Is seen a lickin' at the sky [00:44.25]And every heart is quicker [00:45.61]And there's fear in every eye [00:47.79]We'd just one chance to get away [00:49.58]For there's no place to hide [00:51.34]Gotta reach the river Platte [00:52.89]One inch deep and one mile wide [00:58.57]The herd is gettin' tired [00:59.94]But we've got no time to rest [01:02.05]I try to clear the red dust [01:03.68]That is gatherin' in my chest [01:05.65]From ridin' tail on a thousand head [01:07.48]With the weather gettin' dry [01:09.24]The black cloud in the west [01:10.62]Is warning ride ride ride [01:16.20] [01:17.30]The roarin' heat is closer [01:18.77]Ashes fallin' by our side [01:20.93]And every breeze is burnin' [01:22.41]Singin' with its warnin' cry [01:24.57]We've got to reach the river [01:26.04]But it's still ten miles or more [01:28.14]And close behind us we can hear [01:30.01]That wind infernal roar [01:34.32] [01:37.03]But fate had other plans for [01:38.68]We lost that fatal race [01:40.58]We lost for neither man nor beast [01:42.35]Could long keep up the pace [01:44.16]The mighty Platte subdued its rage [01:45.96]But none were there to rest [01:47.60]We did our best to get away [01:49.39]But only I am left [01:52.16]Now on the blackened prairie far [01:54.19]As the eye can see [01:55.82]The grim remains are there to show [01:57.65]That God rules you and me [01:59.48]Just one he left to tell the tale [02:01.17]Just one was his desire [02:03.03]We lost our herd and thirty men [02:04.86]To a raging prairie fire