Charlie Russell Clouds (Album Version) Lyrics

When I was young like you boy, I was a wild one

Cow punchin' drifter just a saddle to my name

Rode herd from Sweet Grass County to El Paso

Breathed the dust of every mile between on any bronc that I could tame

The beauty of the mountains filled my young heart

Ancient rivers and the moonlight cleared my eyes

But I never felt the flame until I saw her

Poetry in vision 'neath the wide Wyoming skies

In her arms I'd soar through Charlie Russell Clouds

Blessed colors that could disappear if you spoke their names out loud

Bed made by a meadow 'neath the mountain's reaching shadows

She would paint the sky with Charlie Russell Clouds

Good love can last a lifetime and that's my story

Spent that summer building dreams like some old tale

Come Spring she crossed the Bighorn on to glory

And I followed her memory back down Goodnight-Loving trail

In her arms I rode through Charlie Russell Clouds

Blessed colors that could disappear if you spoke their names out loud

In a bedroll by a meadow 'neath the mountain's reaching shadows

I'd dream of love and Charlie Russell Clouds

Now I catch myself ramblin' like some used up metaphor

A life spent bustin' broncs and saddle sore

Me and these old horses don't get out much anymore

Close my tired eyes and find the arms I'm achin' for

And we float through Charlie Russell Clouds

Blessed colors that could disappear if you spoke their names out loud

In a bed made by a meadow 'neath the mountain's reaching shadows

I dream of love and Charlie Russell Clouds

There's shades of sky you won't believe until you see 'em

Past eighty years I've seen the way they change

Now the cities grow like prairie fires and the highways rush to meet 'em

Come spring I just might saddle up and chase that fadin' range

In her arms I'll soar through Charlie Russell Clouds

Blessed colors that could disappear if you spoke their names out loud

Bedroll by a meadow 'neath the mountain's stretching shadows

I 'II dream of love and Charlie Russell Clouds

Sweet green grass and love and Charlie Russell Clouds