Dakota

Kilbey/Koppes/Powles/Willson-Piper
(Control/Chase Music Publishing/Interference Music)

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[added Apr. 23, 2010]

Dakota
I wrote your name on the fields in the sky
And this road don't take me home

Dakota
I brought you flames just to light up your eye
But this fire don't get me warm

Dakota
I showed your frame to some old crooked guy
But his dough don't pay me off

And I fight for you
And I lie for you
And I hold it for you
Just like you want me to

And I freeze for you
And I please for you
And I fold for you
Just like you told me to

The soldier
He sold ya the same worn out old lie
But those words don't make much sense

He told ya
He'll hold ya safe till the day that you die
But this life don't seem to end

Dakota
I wrote your name on the fields in the sky
And this road don't take me home

And I fight for you
And I lie for you
And I hold it for you
Just like you want me to

And I freeze for you
And I please for you
And I fold for you
Just like you told me to

Got my aces and eights
Man I just, uh, laid 'em straight
Put 'em on the table and down
On the frosty ground

And all the people stood
Yeah, the moon shone good
The sky turned black
Just like the deadwood in Dakota