Calm Before The Storm

Back in 1860 when the buffalo still ran

Annie met a man who talked of

Living off the land

She can't believe that years ago

At wild-eyed 16

They hit the rutted wagon trail

West with just a dream

After months of travel

With the other pioneers

Miles from the Rockies they just stopped

And dropped their gear

Looking back thesummer grass was

Green as green can get

They settled in a good year,

It'll be a dozen 'til the next

Now she knows there's

A love off in the distance

Like the storm clouds

Building to the West

But the rain won't come

When the day is done,

It's quiet like before

She can't take the tension

In the calm before the storm

Summer killed the crops

Beneath the brutal August sun

Cattle starved to nothing

Found the mercy of a gun

Love had warmed the cabin when

The nights were 10 below

Bitter words and hatred now

Are all that they can grow

Now she knows there's a love

Off in the distance

Like the storm clouds

Building to the West

But the rain won't come w

Wen the day is done,

It's quiet like before

She can't take the tension

In the calm before the storm

Desperate times and drought years

Can destroy the best of men

She can't help but wonder

If he'll ever love again

Her dreams have turned to nightmares

And they're all about the rain

Now she thinks of as just

A thousand acre pain

Now she knows there's a love

Off in the distance

Like the storm clouds

Building to the West

But the rain won't come

When the day is done,

It's quiet like before

She can't take the tension

In the calm before the storm

But the rain won't come

When the day is done,

It's quiet like before

She can't take the tension

In the calm before the storm