This Forgotten Town - The Jayhawks

Rode out of this forgotten town

Had to watch my old horse drown

Buried by the river

Chocolate colored by the mud

When we young we were judged

By the choices that we made

And all the time we wasted and

The love, the love that I betrayed

Well

They built the dam and everything changed

Little houses huddled on the range

Fear came rolling in

And covered up the sun

In the land of milk and honey

That’s where I laid my claim

But every day that I lost money

It brought me closer to the grave

Where the river don’t flow

Where the grass don’t grow

Preacher had a cross to bear

He smelled salvation in the air

Tempted by the silver and gold

Put him six feet in the ground

I came across her by the road

Dressed in her Sunday best

She took my hand and led me home

To the place, the place I can’t forget

Where the river don’t flow

Where the grass don’t grow

Living in a makeshift tent

Couldn’t find money for the rent

Do you believe in the kingdom to come

And the promise of the word

In the land of milk and honey

That’s where I laid my claim

But every day that I lost money

It brought me closer to the grave

Where the river don’t flow

Where the grass don’t grow

Where the river don’t flow

Where the grass don’t grow