Black Rock Morning Lyrics

One cool Black Rock morning, in a red desert dawn

My daughter came to hear me play so I sang her a song

I wrote for her twenty-some years ago, but hadn’t played in a while

I swear when she sat there listenin’, I saw a sweet, familiar somethin’ in her smile

One cool Black Rock mornin’, I remembered who I am

When my daughter’s Black Rock mornin’ eyes looked at me like they did back when

I was her hero, I knew everything, she knew I’d be there ‘til the end

One cool Black Rock morning, I remembered who I am

I’m a dreamer, a picker, a poet, I know nothin’ but how life seems

Singin’ songs to children about following’ their dreams

Songs about cousins comin’ and goin’, and puppies born to be wild

One cool Black Rock mornin’, I sang a song about a dreamers’ child

One cool Black Rock mornin’, I remembered who I am

When my daughter’s Black Rock mornin’ eyes looked at me like they did back when

I’d sing her a song about a dreamers’ child, while she slept in a toddler’s bed

One cool Black Rock morning, I remembered who I am

Did I steer my baby wrong to tell her dreams she loves will come true

Have I been stuck in my own dreams too long to know just what to do

To make this world a better place for her to live her days

To know just what to say to her to help her find her way

The world’s not makin’ it easy to know anything for sure these days

Then again, I’ve never known anything for sure, anyway

But there’s somethin’ about a desert dawn lets an old man see new ways

When his daughter’s black rock mornin’ eyes say

Don’t worry, Dad, me and my dreams will be OK

One cool Black Rock mornin’, I remembered who I am

When my daughter’s Black Rock mornin’ eyes looked at me like they did back when

I’d sing her songs about followin’ her heart through her dreams to the end

One cool Black Rock mornin’, I remembered who I am

I’m no hero, I know nothing, but I’ll be there ‘til the end