Your Side of the Ditch

[Verse 1]
The receiver at Gate 3 smells like sun-baked vinyl, hot
Your number’s one I memorized, back when that’s all we got
It’s a quarter past three, just me and the mosquitos now
Guess you got too good for dust, or did you just forget how?

[Chorus]
You always said this valley was a two-man job to sow
But you took your share of the water and you let the headgate go
I'm standing on my side of the ditch where the soil’s gone to salt
And I ain't calling to forgive you, just to call you on your fault

[Verse 2]
Remember trimming fan palms down on Evan Hewes Highway?
We were saving up for Telecasters and a tank of gas getaway
You said, "Man, this whole damn county's just a dusty waiting room"
Well you found the door, but left your ghost to rattle in the gloom

[Chorus]
You always said this valley was a two-man job to sow
But you took your share of the water and you let the headgate go
I'm standing on my side of the ditch where the soil’s gone to salt
And I ain't calling to forgive you, just to call you on your fault

[Bridge]
The operator's gonna cut this line here in a bit...
Swear I saw your wife's old Camry leaving Vons... hell, maybe this is it.

[Chorus]
You always said this valley was a two-man job to sow
But you took your share of the water and you let the headgate go
I'm standing on my side of the ditch where the soil’s gone to salt
And I ain't calling to forgive you, just to call you on your fault


[Outro]
(silence for 4 seconds)
...Ni modo. The sun's comin' up.