Laredo Skies - Pete Stein
The weather's been changin since you're gone
All of the cotton has turned brown
The reservoir's dried up in this thirsty little town
There ain't no water to be found
But still I feel like I have drowned

So heaven help me I can't explain it
How a girl can make it so cold
But since you're gone I have waited
For these Laredo skies to snow

Well I won't drive out to find you
There's too much ice on our road
I'd rather find someone new, somebody warm to hold on to
But can't feel to grip since my fingers froze
You frosted my heart closed

So heaven help me I can't explain it
How a woman can make it so cold
But since you're gone I have waited
For these Laredo skies to snow

The sky is gray out to the west
There's too many clouds to see the sunset
My pony shivers as we ride the fence
He wants to move on, I ain't ready yet
I still got too many holes to mend

So heaven help me I can't explain it
How you can make it so cold
But since you're gone I have waited
For these Laredo skies to snow
Since you're gone I have waited
For these Laredo skies to snow

A whiskey bottle never got anybody very far
But it's so hard to leave town when you can walk to the bar
And take your old familiar place
Where you're an old familiar face

I've been shivering all day long, but I ain't cold
I've just been drinking and doin' a little thinking about all the places I wanna go

And I've been complaining about money way too long
The way it keeps the good man down, keeps the bad ones strong
Well life doesn't last that long
Better quit complaining and get along

I've been shivering all day long, but I ain't cold
I've just been drinking and doin' a little thinking about all the places I wanna go

And I'll go anywhere you want to go
As long as it ain't here
I'll be ready in a minute
I'm not quite finished with my beer

I've been shivering all day long, but I ain't cold
I've just been drinking and doin' a little thinking about all the places I wanna go
About all the places I wanna go