Lyrics

Blown Away

Hey mister can you spare a dime
I’ve nothing left to eat
I know I look ragged
Begging on the street
Times are tough enough
I know what I have become
You shoulda seen me when my wheat
Waved proudly in the sun

Blown away, blown away
In a cloud of dust blown away
I had pastures of plenty, nothin’ remains
It’s gone and blown away
It’s gone, blown away

I built my home upon the loam
My fertile fields were flush
But the drought took everything I had
Turned it into dust
The great dust bowl swallowed us whole
Turned the day to night
It wasn’t just my pride that died
But everything in sight

Blown away, blown away
In a cloud of dust blown away
I had pastures of plenty, nothin’ remains
It’s gone and blown away
It’s gone, blown away

If you knew what I’d been through
You wouldn’t pass me by
I’ve seen pain and suffering
I’ve seen grown men cry
If you think God can keep you safe
Pray that you never know
The pain I felt when the ones I love
Were hungry and cold

Blown away, blown away
In a cloud of dust blown away
I had pastures of plenty, nothin’ remains
It’s gone and blown away
It’s gone, blown away
Hey, yay, yay

In my dreams I’m a Phoenix
Rising from the dust
Where death and fear and hopelessness
Suddenly combust
With a vengeance I’m reborn
To an eternal spring
Where I plant the land, and raise my crops
In endless fields of green

Blown away, blown away
In a cloud of dust blown away
I had pastures of plenty, nothin’ remains
It’s gone and blown away
It’s gone, blown away
Hey, yay, yay