north dakota

Been snowin' all day when I got home
 The fire was out, the cabin was cold
 And I poured some stale coffee from the pot
 The longer I waited, the snow got higher
 So I split some wood and built a fire
 She told me she'd be gone, I forgot
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 I'd seen it snow that hard before
 I couldn't see the cabin from the stable door
 And that mare she always rode, was in the stall
 The law couldn't come till the weather broke
 My heart was poundin' in my throat
 And I searched and called her name till it was raw
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 I never should have brought her here
 Livin' is hard this time of the year
 Tryin' to keep food and fire till winter's done
 Sometimes she gazed across the plains with a look that I couldn't name
 And I'd wonder if she stay till springtime comes
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 I found her on the first warm day
 The rain had washed the snow away
 She'd gone for wood and lost her way back home
 And I ain't the kind believes in ghosts but some nights I get pretty close
 When the North Dakota winter moans
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 When the North Dakota winter moans