Under a Texas Sky

Shadows line the walls inside the halls of empty schools
And just outside skateboards glide on rails where skaters rule
An old playground emits the sounds of laughter everywhere
And mothers gab as they don't have a care

A baseball flies as kids outside are playing in the street
A neighbor's barbeque gives just a few the chance to meet
The smell in the air and the buzz are still just like it was...
Under a Texas sky I won't ask why because...

The day feels long and strangely calm, it's early afternoon
Inside it's still as silence fills each and every room
Time slows down in southern towns when there's nowhere else to be
Although it's gone it still feels strong to me

The eastern wind has just kicked in but yet it feels so warm
And thunder rolls as kids are told to come in from the storm
The smell in the air and the buzz are still just like it was...
Under a Texas sky I won't ask why because...