Powder River Queen Lyrics - Singles - Brenn Hill

We crossed the Powder River in the fall of '81 

Pulled heavy on the wagon for we knew that we were done 

Thre thousand miles from Mexico where we had first begun 

We started cuttin' timber by the ton 

I was just a young man lookin' for my pot of gold 

No irons in my fire nothin' bought nor nothin' sold 

Still I longed for a lady with a tender heart to hold 

And someone to keep me from the cold 

And the Powder River Queen was any cowboy's dream 

Sweet as the water runnin' through those mountain streams 

So young and wild, soft like a child 

Was my one and only Powder River Queen 

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When we rode off to Denver in the spring of '82 

Well I swore it was the last time I'd ever buckaroo 

And I promised her I'd marry her when all the work was through 

And I left her with a kiss and "I love you" 

But in a bar outside of Cheyenne I shot a gambler down 

And left him slowly dyin' lyin' face down on the ground 

Now I'm stuck here in a jail cell waitin' on my last sundown 

When they hang me in the center of the town 

And the Powder River Queen will wonder where I've been 

When I will send my love to her no more 

As all the plans we've made begin to slowly fade 

I see my Powder Queen outside the door 

And she begins to cry as I touch her through the bars 

She says, "For weeks I've wondered where and how on earth you are 

Wishing you'd return on every fallin' star 

Now you won't cross that river anymore." 

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And the Powder River Queen is the last face I have seen 

As the sound of the gallows ring outside 

And by the light I know that soon this day will end at noon 

And I'll never make my Powder Queen my bride 

No I'll never make my Powder Queen my bride