Dust Bowl

We all prayed for rain, but the rain it never came We all knew the Lord was going to see us through It came with a mighty gust, just a big old wall of dust And we watched it all just blow our dreams away It was a dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl And you can't make a living in this dry and thirsty land Dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl Trying to hold on when everything is gone in this dustbowl We left Oklahoma on the way to California We left a trail of tears and all our hopes behind Left it all for the banker man, headed out to the promised land Yesterday's dreams swallowed by a black sky In a dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl And you can't make a living in this dry and thirsty land It was a dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl Trying to hold on when everything is gone in this dustbowl And we cursed the dust we're made from Shook our fists to the wind and the sky For this dust has covered our spirit and soul Oh can't you hear our mournful cry In this dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl And you can't make a living in this dry and thirsty land It's a dustbowl, nothing but a dustbowl Trying to hold on when everything is gone in this dustbowl In this dustbowl