Dust on the Saddle of My Heart

folk,Sparse,intimatefolkarrangementcenteredonaWesternstringedinstrument(nylon-stringguitarordobro)playedwithexpressivebendsandopendrones.Slowtempo,minor-leaningmodalitywithMiddleEastern-influencedturns.Malevocals,close-mic’danddry,carryingaplaintive,storytellingtone.Occasionallowbowedstringspadthechorus,andadistantframedrumpulseenterssubtlyinthesecondhalf,liftingtheemotionwhilekeepingitrawandearthy.,musical

[Verse 1]
Saddle by the doorway
Boot prints in the red brown sand
Your scarf on the bent nail
Still smells like rain and metal and land
I talk to your old bridle
Hanging where your shadow used to stand

[Chorus]
Dust on the saddle of my heart
Every step your horse took
I still hear it start
You rode out slow
Didn’t look back once
Now I ride your name through the wind and the dust

[Verse 2]
Crows on the fence wire
Counting out the days you’re gone
Coffee turns to cold mud
Firewood waits for winter to come
I sleep in your worn jacket
Dream you’re at the gate at dawn

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
If I follow every dry creek
Will I find where your silence goes
If I sing into the hard wind
Will it carry you my broken notes
I’ll sit by this old saddle
Till the leather finally lets you go

[Chorus]