When the west was rich with cowboys,
You found your man.
The ex had taken it badly, had been in love madly,
In love with my land
Moving trucks backed to the door
And all the neighbors knew the score,
A beaming bride and old cowboy on the road again
You said: "jump in the car girl, let's get outta town"
Had no idea we'd come back to what we found
Now we'll never really know,
Take a guess,
Who burned down our nest,
We'll never put a face to the name who set our hopes a blaze
Comin' up over the ridge, smoke in the air.
Oh my god, my dear, the hilltop is burning, our home should be there,
Tire tracks fresh in the snow,
Gas cans on the front lawn glow
Comin' up over the ridge, smoke in the air...
Now we'll never really know,
Take a guess,
Who burned down our nest,
We'll never put a face to the name...oh
We'll never really know,
Take a guess,
Who burned down our nest,
We'll never put a face to the name who set our hopes a blaze
The snow fell as hard as our dreams and the blaze,
Lit the eastern sky.
We held each other close and we knew
We'd make it through the night
Now we'll never really know,
Take a guess,
Who burned down our nest,
We'll never put a face to the name who set our hopes a blaze
