home before dark

i packed up my bags

put in my favorite levi's. laid my mandoline beside the door. i said to mama: i won't be long

don't worry about me

i'll be home before dark. i'll be alright

you'll be fine without me. i'll be home before dark. bought a ticket

to new york city

one way out and no return. i watched the sun go down

across the plains from denver

lord

how the western sky can burn. met a boy in the darkness

handsome

tall and heartless. loved him like an eagle loves the wind

till i heard him say: i won't be long

don't worry about me

i'll be home before dark. i'll be alright

you'll be fine without me. i'll be home before dark. my daughter looks like him they say

to me she looks like mama

i see an eagle shadow in her eyes

last night

on her birthday

we blew the candles out together

i wonder will she take me by surprise

when she says: mama

i won't be long

don't worry about me

i'll be home before dark. i'll be alright

and you'll be fine without me. i'll be home before dark. i'll be home before dark.