The next time I won’t fall The next time I won’t make that call No, next time I’ll make a different choice Staring down this shot of whiskey Trying hard to hear your voice Midnight coming, not fast enough You got my heart in your handcuffs You broke me down, turned me around Left me for dead inside my mind Now I’m on the road, Nevada bound Fifty miles out of Elko, the devil and the dust Spin me around, harden my soul Just one more day in a life gone bust Sagebrush hides the coyote howls The devil and the dust are on the prowl I ain’t lookin’ for redemption Ain’t tryin’ to beg for grace Got a .38 riding shotgun If trouble wants to show its face This busted heart ain’t holy But it still knows right from wrong And every mile I’m rolling Feels like you fading with the dawn Desert wind keeps whisperin’ Names I swore I’d leave behind Yours still cuts the deepest Like a rusted Bowie knife But there’s freedom in the leaving And fire in letting go I’m carving out a future On this lonesome stretch of road So raise a toast to the heartbreak Raise another to the pain If the devil comes a-knockin’ Tell him I ain’t playin’ his game I may be cracked and crooked But I ain’t fallin’ like before Next time I hear you calling I won’t answer anymore Fifty miles out of Elko, the devil and the dust Spin me around, harden my soul Just one more day in a life gone bust Sagebrush hides the coyote howls The devil and the dust are on the prowl The devil and the dust have got me now
