The sunset reaches to you

With its long talons

The new stars showin' pity

For the fallen

It drags you back up to your feet

Leaves you ready to deceive

Leaves you standing at the silent crossing



Telephone poles race against the cold sky

Your rusty hair covers up your one good eye

The ground expects uncertain rain

Fools have waited, though it never came

Waited in the silence of the crossin'



Hidden in them big armed ponderosas

The crossing obscured

By its own remoteness

Your mouth harp fashioned from tobacco tins

Played "Soldier's Of Joy"

Till your breath went thin

Played for no one, at the silent crossin'



(inst.)



Trouble's ear was cupped,

So he could hear you

Said those that break the silence

Break their own rules

Said fools are those that trust their fears

Sagebrush growin' up around their heels

Fools are those that plant seeds at the crossin'



It was a mile past the dark

When I came upon you

Reservations grave

Expectations humble

You drew upon your corn-skinned smoke

Your jaw was tired, said it's time to go

You said it's time to move beyond the crossing

It's time to move beyond the silent crossing



(inst.)



If there's a darker part of night

We best go find it

If there's a darker part of night

We best go find it

We better find it, we better find it

We'd best go find it