song for martin

Lyrics

in rough rock, arizona he lived for many years alone, a gangly kid from colorado, who could sing the sweetest songs, i first heard woody's songs from him in a cabin in the snow, seems like it was yesterday but it was years and years ago, he moved to arizona in nineteen sixty-one, got a job at the indian school - he was livin' in the sun, my life was movin' fast by now, i was always on the run, my country life was far behind and the circus had begun, marty, i know it got lonely out there, coyotes cryin' at midnight in the cold desert air, the heart that sorrow broke in you can never be repaired, mart, i know i let you down somewhere, i knew that me and marty, we should have been good friends, i always knew the paths we walked were meant to cross again, we talked on the telephone once or twice a year, his voice was so familiar, his memory was clear, i'll never know what brought him to where he finally stood, a shotgun pointed at his head in a cabin in the woods, but somehow i could hear it, it struck my heart as well, for the unknown man who needs a hand, for the friend i'll never know, marty, i know it got lonely out there, coyotes cryin' at midnight in the cold desert air, the heart that sorrow broke in you can never be repaired, mart, i know i let you down somewhere