[ti:South Dakota (Explicit)]
[ar:James Mcmurtry]
[al:Complicated Game]
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[00:00.00]South Dakota (Explicit) - James Mcmurtry
[00:11.70]It was the 23rd of may and I heard the sergeant say
[00:17.96]F**k it around up the usual suspects and call it a day
[00:23.38]We've got no time to mess around
[00:26.42]And I'm not dying in this sh*t hole town
[00:29.14]For a soldier's pay
[00:35.51]It was too good to be true
[00:38.58]But my discharge came through
[00:41.50]And I was on the first bird out that
[00:43.75]I could find
[00:46.98]Rode that C 17 into Stuttgart
[00:51.73]Fall around up on my mind
[00:59.17]When my brothers picked me up
[01:01.66]We got way deep in our cups
[01:05.20]We must have tore old rapid city down
[01:11.22]My big brother jack said
[01:13.18]Boy it's good to see you back
[01:15.89]What you gonna do now
[01:18.72]What you gonna do now
[01:22.06]Because there ain't much between the Pole
[01:24.94]And South Dakota
[01:29.40]And barbed wire won't stop the wind
[01:34.44]You won't get nothing here but broke and older
[01:39.93]If I was you I might re up again
[01:48.84]Well we had good rain this year
[01:51.51]Dad fed in some Charolais steers
[01:54.64]Got them way cheap out of texas
[01:57.21]Because of the drouth
[02:00.65]We put them out on oats
[02:03.13]They hadn't yet grown their winter
[02:05.04]Coats away down South
[02:12.07]It was barely even fall
[02:15.25]But that blizzard got them all
[02:17.96]Left them sprawled across the pasture stiff as boards
[02:23.61]You take a sharp knife in your hand
[02:26.57]Skin them out while you still can
[02:29.53]And curse the lord
[02:32.47]Curse the lord
[02:35.33]Because there ain't much between the Pole
[02:37.79]And South Dakota
[02:42.69]And barbed wire won't stop the wind
[02:47.79]You won't get nothing here but broke and older
[02:53.80]I might re up again
[03:28.23]These old hides are not worth much
[03:31.37]So we'll pitch them off the truck
[03:34.87]Pile them up by the horse trough in the lot
[03:40.02]Because they sell by the pound
[03:42.90]They weigh like lead if you wet them down
[03:45.67]And they're all we got
[03:51.72]And with a gas lease or two we might have just made due
[03:57.93]But there's nothing under this ground worth a dime
[04:03.46]Now the sheriff's on his way
[04:06.31]And it's damn sure not our day
[04:09.38]It's just our time
[04:15.18]There ain't much between the Pole
[04:17.60]And South Dakota
[04:22.50]And barbed wire won't stop the wind
[04:27.60]You won't get nothing here but broke and older
[04:33.55]I might re up again
[04:39.35]I might re up again