Nebraska Sky

4. NEBRASKA SKY

I think I speak for Steve when I say this is one of our favorites tunes we’ve written. We were thinking of Jimmy Webb and Wichita Lineman-type chords, so the recorded version really needed a Webb-like piano part. Luckily, I had heard Michael Alvey play on my bandmate Rob Ickes’s solo recording “Road Song,” and he was gracious enough to lend his talent. Michael’s playing really lends the appropriate touches and sets the mood.

Hey Mom, been looking for time to write
Yeah, I’m getting by all right
How’s Dad? Did he get that East field plowed?
Used to be done by now
Out here it gets cold at night
But the stars are a welcome sight
To me

I pretend it’s the big Nebraska sky
Like the picture in my mind
Is the wind still rollin’ across the plains?
Please say it’s still the same

Follow the sun as it goes
Nothing but endless rows

In a while, we’ll see another town
Smell the smoke and hear the sound
And I pray I can hold out ten days more
Cause I’m sick of this damn war
But we’ve all got a job to do
I’m so glad you can’t see it through
My eyes

How I long for the big Nebraska sky
Like the picture in my mind
Someday soon, I’ll be coming home to stay
Oh, what a perfect day