Pray & Scream from GOLD by Carter Sampson

All along the wayside there’s fire in the hills
Been burning for two weeks now
This whole town is standing still
There’s smoke up in the sky
And all in my lungs
It’s living in my hair now
I can taste it on my tongue

I’m gonna pray
I’m gonna scream
Why does this thing
Gotta come down on me

It sucked the sockets from the walls
Now it’s tearing up the roof
Sounds like freight train is plowing through this room
Running to the bathroom
Grab the mattress off the bed
Crouching on cold porcelain
Pull the mattress in over my head

I’m gonna pray
I’m gonna scream
Why does this thing
Gotta come down on me

They told us she was coming
We cut the water and the gas
Boarded up the windows until show blows on past
Now it’s raining sideways
The trees bend and break
So we sit here waiting
To see what she will take

I’m gonna pray
I’m gonna scream
Why does this thing
Gotta come down on me

• Americana
• Country
• Red Dirt
• alt-country
• americana
• country
• female fronted
• female vocals
• natural disaster
• roots
• singer-songwriter
• weather
• Oklahoma City