We slung pine logs in that rusted Ford Knuckles stained dark with oil and grit Shared a smoke behind the old lumber yard Swore we would build a life together Before the money dried up and you left Chorus I am rooted deep in this red dust Wondering where the road dragged your wheels Did you find the quiet you were after? Or are you fighting ghosts in the rain? (Where did you go) Verse That heavy wrench is still on the bench Hinges frozen shut by the winter storm Word got back you headed for the coast Chasing a horizon I could never see But nobody mentions your name these days Chorus I am rooted deep in this red dust Wondering where the road dragged your wheels Did you find the quiet you were after? Or are you fighting ghosts in the rain? (Where did you go) Bridge Did you ever look back at the ridge? Did you think I would stay here dying? We were brothers forged in smoke and iron Burned through the youth we had to spend Now you are gone like a shift ending Chorus I am rooted deep in this red dust Wondering where the road dragged your wheels Did you find the quiet you were after? Or are you fighting ghosts in the rain? (Where did you go) Outro Just smoke and iron Just a ghost in the rain (In the rain) (Where did you go) Just smoke and iron