Karaoké Straw in the Wind The Steel Woods

He rode in from the west with an eye for a dollar to make

He pitched us a sale about healin' and oil from a snake

The barkeep he warned him but the man did not comprehend

How strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind

Too young but in love when she met him in some northern town

He treated her good 'till the sun and the whiskey went down

Did the bruise on her face test the patience of all of her kin

Or do strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind

Ol' Jim runs his mouth when he drinks since his wife passed away

But he's good to the kids and the crops that he sells are fair trade

But a travelin' man heard enough and took a pipe to his chin

That travelin' man disappeared like straw in the wind

Oh if the mouth of this river could talk here's what it would say

If you come here with good in your heart you'll be on your way

Oh but I'm not the one here who judged another man's sin

Or made strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind

Oh strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind