Dust Knows No Mercy

Boots sink deep in the cracked-up land
No water, no crops, just God and sand

Fields once gold, now ghostly bare
Rain forgot we’re even there
Hope dried up like a rusted pail
Dreams don’t float on a thirsty trail

"Dust knows no mercy"

It don’t break
It don’t beg
It just takes

"Dust knows no mercy"

It don’t slow
It just blows
and never goes

The well ran dry back in July
Livin’ on tears and borrowed sky
Mama prays and the preacher swears
But no miracle rides that air

"Dust knows no mercy"
It don’t weep
It don’t care
if roots run deep

"Dust knows no mercy"
It don’t speak
Just whispers
and cracks the weak

Used to dance when the thunder rolled
Now we just stare where the green once growed
The silence louder than the pain
When every cloud forgets your name

"Dust knows no mercy"
It don’t stop
It don’t turn
It just drops

"Dust knows no mercy"
It don’t heal
It just peels
what truth can’t seal

Wind picks up, but it brings no rain
Just the dust and more of the same