A Little Place I Know Dusty Rhodes Sr. (Fire Cut)

[Start] [Verse 1] There’s a valley folded under stone Where the high wind forgets my name Pines stand still as church folk prayin’ Clouds roll soft and slow with rain I tie my horse beneath the shadow Of a cliff face blue and wide Then I walk down to that lonesome water With the whole damn world outside [Chorus] And I cast my line Where the silence shines Let the cork sit still In the morning light A man gets worn By fuss and fight So I ride four days To set myself right Ain’t never caught nothin’ ...But quiet [Verse 2] Now I ain’t seen one ripple risin’ Ain’t seen scales or silver flash Never heard one trout go jumpin’ Never brought one home in a sack Might not be fish in that water That high above the plain But I keep baitin’ up my patience And I keep comin’ back again [Chorus] And I cast my line Where the silence shines Let the cork sit still In the evening light A man gets worn By wheels and wires By too much want And too much fire Ain’t never caught nothin’ ...But quiet [Bridge – Soft Fiddle / Beat Pulls Back] Maybe some lakes ain’t made for takin’ Maybe some roads ain’t made for speed Maybe an old man needs a place That don’t ask what he needs I have fed that water worms I have whispered every wish And if that lake ain't empty, Lord It’s still better that fish [pause] Knows how to be still. [Final Chorus] So I cast my line Where the silence shines Let the years fall off One at a time A man gets lost In noise and pride So I ride four days To sit beside A hole in the world That holds me right Ain’t never caught nothin’ But quiet [Outro – Spoken] There’s a little place I know... way up in the Catalinas. Four days by horse, if the weather don’t get proud. I take a rod up there. A little coffee. Few days’ rations. And I do my level best... not to be needed. Could be there ain’t no fish in there. Could be there never was. Makes no nevermind. Some places don’t give you what you came for. They give you what you lacked. [End]