Fletcher Oakes - The Ranch Song Lyrics

The Midwest never felt like home
The desert's where I wanna go
With stars and you and fires in the dark
Those days I wish I could get back
But time it doesn't work like that
So I'll sit and sing about the past
About drinking wine with our best friends
Pretending this could never end
And watching storms roll across the plains

The clouds painted pictures in black and gold
You took my sweater when you got cold
That sunset my heart will hold
Until I'm in the ground

Where would we be if we'd stayed close
If we had common sense or any self-control
I guess we'll always never know
But that's feels so bad
Cause me and you and all our friends
Loved taking sides and placing bets
On who was in each other's bed
Every other night
And climbing mountains in thunderstorms
Beats the hell out of looking at corn
But it wasn't the same on my own

The clouds painted pictures in black and gold
You took my sweater when you got cold
That sunset my heart will hold
Until I'm in the ground
But silhouettes of mountain tops
Broken bottles and skipping rocks
Still occupy my waking thoughts
Almost every day

I would always pull the thorns out of your skin
However deep you pushed them in
But couldn't reach the briars on your heart
When it was time for me to go
Our love froze in the bitter snow
Then laid there cold and dead without a sound

But the clouds painted pictures in black and gold
You took my sweater 'cause it was too cold
Our time together I'll always hold
Until I'm in the ground