Now He's Just Dust In The Wind Lyrics - The Long Ride - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Out in the state of west Texas 

Old cowboys, they all gathered 'round. 

A family of friends from all over 

To spread his ashes around 

In the stirrups his boots were tied backwards 

Buell led his horse up the trail. 

You had to be there, he was cast in the air 

I'll remember the rest of my days. 

Way out in that desert terrain 

They scattered his ashes on the plains. 

On a painted plateau,we had to let go 

Of a man we were all glad to know. 

Cowboy Franky played fiddle 

He had a great tear in his eye. 

A friend, he had gone but he picked his own home, 

A god place to rest when he died. 

Now he's just dist in the wind 

He'd been every place that I've been. 

In spite of injustice he always stood tall. 

He'd a done it all over again. 

He was not a man of great fortune 

Born of a mixture in race 

French and Indian, Irish and black 

He was slighted by all in disgrace. 

As a playwright his friend addressed the troubles of men. 

He won a great prize of his day. 

But his true friends were always the cowboys, 

You heard nothing from them but their praise 

The song that was sung was one of farewell 

Goodbye to the friend we'd known well. 

A great man had died in west Texas 

Gone to heaven from a life lived in hell. 

The cowboys' lament to his spirit 

So moved me Icould not speak a word. 

Dust in the wind is what he became, 

I'll never forget what I heard. 

Now he's just dust in the wind 

He'd been every place that I've been 

In spite of injustice he always stood tall 

He'd a done it all over again.