Salt Flat Wedding

Lyrics

We left the county line at noon
With a borrowed ring and a dented truck
No preacher, no pews, no paper moon
Just a thousand miles of luck
She wore her mother's yellow dress
I wore a tie I tied in the rearview glass
The salt flats shining, nothing less
Than a mirror for the sky to pass

So we said I do on the salt flat floor
Where the earth runs white and the heaven's wide
Two pairs of boots and a horizon door
And a hawk for a witness, circling high
No one's coming, no one's gonna see
Just the wind and you and the sun and me
We said forever to the empty blue
And the whole white world said yes, we do

A trucker stopped and killed his lights
Said he'd stand for us if we'd like
He took his cap off in the heat
And held it over his heart, humble and neat
We had no cake, we had no band
Just a radio in a sunburnt hand
Playing something slow and low and sweet
We danced in the salt in our bare feet

So we said I do on the salt flat floor
Where the earth runs white and the heaven's wide
Two pairs of boots and a horizon door
And a hawk for a witness, circling high
No one's coming, no one's gonna see
Just the wind and you and the sun and me
We said forever to the empty blue
And the whole white world said yes, we do

And if the years should wear us thin
And the road gets long and the nights set in
I'll bring you back to this bright, still place
Where the whole world shone on your face

The sun went down in orange and rose
Our shadows stretched out long and slow
We drove on into the cooling night
With the dashboard glowing like a candle light
Salt on the tires, salt on my tongue
The sweetest song we ever sung
And the stars came out to take their place
Like rice thrown across the open space

So we said I do on the salt flat floor
Where the earth runs white and the heaven's wide
Two pairs of boots and a horizon door
And a hawk for a witness, circling high
No one's coming, no one's gonna see
Just the wind and you and the sun and me
We said forever to the empty blue
And the whole white world said yes, we do

Yes, we do
Yes, we do
Out on the salt where the sky comes true