Flare Stack Lullaby

The towers burn against the midnight sky

Painting orange clouds up on the blue

Out here the desert wind is blowing dry

And all I've got to do is think of you

They say you took a couple steps today

Right across the yellow kitchen rug

And I'm a thousand highway miles away

Just counting down the days until we hug (hummmm)

This is my flare stack lullaby

Underneath the West Texas stars

Sleep tight, my boy,

and do not cry

Daddy's working in the dark (oh-oh)

The heavy metal rigs are humming low

Like a giant trying to find his sleep

I check the gauges in the yellow glow

And secrets of the earth are mine to keep This is my

flare stack lullaby

Underneath the West Texas stars

Sleep tight, my boy,

and do not cry

Daddy's working in the dark

I'm coming home...

Yeah, I'm coming home... (hummmm)