Dirt Cody Jinks

I remember that summer
I was ten years old
When our days ceased to shine
No, you could not take a breath
When those black blizzards came
Strippin' land in dire need of rain

There was dirt on the floor
As mama swept all day long
Leavin' trails of tears and mud down her face
There was dirt in our beds
And there was dirt in our clothes
And there was dirt in the little that we ate

We had heard about the market's fall
A couple years before
But the fields and the harvest all seemed fine
Sometimes the things that kill us
That which we don't know
That strip the land of everything but pride

Stay close together
That's all we knew to get by
I recall a helpless feelin'
First time that I saw my father cry
Lookin' back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder was stayin' worth the cost?