Battle River-Tim Hus

[ti:Battle River] [ar:Tim Hus] [al:Bush Pilot Buckaroo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Battle River - Tim Hus/Gary Fjellgaard [00:14.33]From a phone booth in Des Moines [00:16.96] [00:17.89]Down to his last coin [00:19.80] [00:21.05]He placed a call [00:22.63]Across the Sweetgrass Hills [00:24.77] [00:27.18]And her voice crossed over the miles [00:29.63] [00:31.36]Through the telephone wire [00:32.77] [00:33.93]She always took the edge off his chill [00:37.70] [00:40.26]There's a Norther blowin in [00:42.39] [00:43.36]I missed the short go again [00:45.67] [00:47.00]There's too much space between me [00:50.13]And you [00:50.80] [00:53.57]I've run this one through [00:55.34] [00:56.79]And to tell you the truth [00:58.67] [00:59.95]I miss the Battle River and you [01:03.61] [01:16.35]When his name came around [01:18.45] [01:19.15]He was nowhere to be found [01:21.32] [01:22.66]His trailer pulled out some time ago [01:26.07] [01:29.20]That don't sound like him [01:31.07] [01:33.19]But then again [01:34.40] [01:35.64]I guess he'd be about halfway home by now [01:39.18] [01:42.18]His wheels they hit the gravel [01:44.22] [01:45.50]The cattle guard rattled [01:47.28] [01:48.58]Her light from the window was shining through [01:51.96] [01:54.73]He said I drove the whole night through [01:57.07] [01:58.35]To tell you the truth [02:00.47] [02:01.51]I missed the Battle River and you [02:05.22] [02:18.44]They walked for a long time [02:20.51] [02:21.60]All along the fenceline [02:23.36] [02:24.48]Down to the bridge in the Aspen trees [02:27.78] [02:30.84]The waters they roll away [02:32.78] [02:34.41]But he's here to stay [02:36.06] [02:37.36]All them roughstock horses set him free [02:40.88] [02:44.01]Sometimes you choose what you do [02:45.85] [02:47.00]And sometimes it chooses you [02:48.60] [02:49.96]But take a chance that'll never come again [02:54.17] [02:56.74]I hung and I rattled it through [02:58.72] [02:59.73]But to tell you the truth [03:02.13] [03:03.21]I missed the Battle River and you [03:06.73] [03:13.13]I missed the Battle River and you