Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
[Verse 1]
I come down from Oklahoma with a pistol in my boot
A pair of dice and a deck of cards, a Bible in my suit
I come here as the cause of tears, just a cryin' shame
Seven Stud or Eternal Blood, I'm lookin' for a game
[Verse 2]
I double-crossed the State of Texas and they give me a little time
I taught myself to double-cut the cards and hold scriptures in my mind
I learned to love the tumbling dice and to believe the Word
Tombstones or rollin' bones, beats anything I ever heard
[Verse 3]
Patience is a virtue that I don't possess
I can't deny that heaven lies beneath a cotton dress
How small a part of time we share 'til we hear the sound of wings
I'm lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
I have walked through God's green pastures, beneath his rich blue skies
I've seen the fall of man and the kingdom hidden from their eyes
I have heard the roar of thunder, I've felt a lightnin' bolt
And when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take along Samuel Colt
[Verse 5]
Every night I kiss the cards and I hold them to my breast
And when I see the King of Hearts I know that I am blessed
And though my eyes are blind sometimes, I know there's somethin' there
So when the time's at hand and I kill a man, I say a little prayer
[Outro]
So I come down from Oklahoma with a pistol in my boot
A pair of dice and a deck of cards, and a Bible in my suit
How small a part of time we share 'til we hear the sound of wings
I am lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings
How small a part of time we share 'til we hear the sound of wings
I am lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings
Dust of the Chase was written by Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Dust of the Chase was produced by Jake Jackson & Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.