This Forgotten Town

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
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 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