I could hear you callin'

Through the whisperin' woods

I could hear you call my name

from the back porch door



Said Prosper come here quick

It's worse than we expected it

Found him this mornin'

And the news ain't good

Finally caught up with him last night

Near the Nevada line



Trail of blood along the clean white salt

Found him faced down on the alkali flat

Rolled him over, barely breathin'

Still he got a few words out



Said he was drivin' the Denio track

A 4 x 4 appearded behind his back

Headlights burning up the sky

To the top of Steens mountain



Death at low

Death at low

Death at low water

Death at low

Death at low

Death at low water



Crashed his side door,

And they forced him to stop

Three men got out dressed in camouflage

Told him: "Start digging us a well

And when you're done you'll dig another."



Then shots they ricocheted around his head

Kicked him hard and they left him for dead

He started crawlin' back to town

And that is when we found him



Death at low

Death at low

Death at low water

Death at low

Death at low

Death at low water



And the last thing your father said

When he closed his eyes:



Now it's said the sun's a big door

That protects us from the dark

And if you look behind it

All you'll see is yourself



Since he died I lost my will to ride

It's 'neath the surface

With my shame and my pride

Someday it will explode

Explode in the sky

All the way to the top of Steens mountain



Death at low

Death at low

Death at low water -ac