By The Flatlanders Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore 7/18/2009 C With a backpack full of yesterdays Bb On a freeway full of smoke and haze C Dm Where the power lines and fault lines double cross C I left our yellow porch light on Bb No one will notice no ones home C Dm And no one else will notice what was lost I lost my home when the deal went bust To the so-called security and trust I planned my life the way they said I should I sent my wife and kids ahead Im right behind you, so I said Ill be there when I get there if thats good Chorus: F G C Now Im leaving California for the dust bowl F G C They took it all, theres nowhere else to go F C C/B Am The pastures of plenty are burning by the sea F Dm G Im just a homeland refugee 3 Theres a plastic sack by a barbwire fence A burned out beer truck full of dents A dried up stock pond by an old canal Between the towns the desert sands Filling up with empty cans Container trains, casinos and canals Chorus My Grandpa used to tell about The way the bankers drove them out In the wind and the dust in the crash of 29 They crossed the desert headed west They swore that it was for the best They reassured the ones they left behind Theres some refugees from Mexico Behind an abandoned Texaco We nod and smile, its clear were all the same For everything this world is worth Were all just migrants on this earth Returning to the dust from where we came Chorus