Way Out There

Hank Snow

(Way out there)

A lonely spot I know

Where no man will go

Where the shadows have all the room

I was ridin' free on this old SP

Humming a southern tune

When a man came along

Made me hush my song

Kicked me off way out there

As she pulled out of sight

I turned to the right

The left and everywhere

But all I could see

Was a cactus tree

And a prairie dog playin' there

I watched the prairie dog

Feed on the tumbleweed

That's his home way out there

So I threw down my load

In the desert road

Rested my weary legs too

I watched the sinking sun

Make the tall shadows run

Out across that barren plain

Then I hummed a tune

To the risin' moon

He gets lonesome way out there

So I closed my eyes

To the starlit skies

And lost myself in dreams

I dreamed the desert sand

Was a milk and honey land

Then I awoke with a start

As she was passin' by

I caught her on the fly

Climbed in an open door

Then I turned around

To that desert ground

Saw the spot I would see no more

As I was ridin' away

I heard the pale moon say

"Farewell, pal it sure gets lonesome here" (way out here)