Kane's River - Calm Before the Storm lyrics

Back in 1860 when the buffalo still ran Annie met a man who talked of Living off the land She can't believe that years ago At wild-eyed 16 They hit the rutted wagon trail West with just a dream After months of travel With the other pioneers Miles from the Rockies they just stopped And dropped their gear Looking back the summer gra** was Green as green can get They settled in a good year, It'll be a dozen 'til the next Now she knows there's A love off in the distance Like the storm clouds Building to the West But the rain won't come When the day is done, It's quiet like before She can't take the tension In the calm before the storm Summer k**ed the crops Beneath the brutal August sun Cattle starved to nothing Found the mercy of a gun Love had warmed the cabin when The nights were 10 below Bitter words and hatred now Are all that they can grow Now she knows there's a love Off in the distance Like the storm clouds Building to the West But the rain won't come w Wen the day is done, It's quiet like before She can't take the tension In the calm before the storm Desperate times and drought years Can destroy the best of men She can't help but wonder If he'll ever love again Her dreams have turned to nightmares And they're all about the rain Now she thinks of as just A thousand acre pain Now she knows there's a love Off in the distance Like the storm clouds Building to the West But the rain won't come When the day is done, It's quiet like before She can't take the tension In the calm before the storm But the rain won't come When the day is done, It's quiet like before She can't take the tension In the calm before the storm