Slingin' Wire on a Lonesome Road

[Verse] Danny sent us down to the old farmhouse, Said we’d be hangin' lights instead. I got a handful of outlets in my denim pouch, But my heart is somewhere else instead. [Verse 2] I'd rather be slingin' wire 'neath an open sky, Climbin' poles with the wild wind's call. But now I'm here with this drill bit high, Dreamin' of where the shadows fall. [Chorus] Oh, Danny, can't you see, This ain't the life for me. I need the open fields, the sky so free, Slingin' wire where my soul can breathe. [Verse 3] The boys and me, we share a sigh, As we face each switch and wire. But our minds are on the miles gone by, And the days when we set hearts afire. [Verse 4] The smell of sawdust fills the air, As we work this tired routine. And though we labor with honest care, Our spirit longs for the spaces between. [Chorus] Oh, Danny, can't you see, This ain't the life for me. I need the open fields, the sky so free, Slingin' wire where my soul can breathe.