sometimes my sadness

sometimes my sadness
is bigger than a Montana sky
with colors like summer
a canvas for the Fourth of July
but my sadness knows no colors
of its own
the grayness of the fog
is all that's known

sometimes my sadness
is cold as a northwestern wind
howling through factory towns
where the hardships never end
but my sadness knows no distance
it can go
to satisfy the hunger
that it knows

          my sadness
          is gonna be the death of me
          my sadness 
          is gonna be the death of me

sometimes my sadness
disappears at the strangest times
at the sight of a friend
at a crossing of a "no trespassing" sign
but my sadness always returns
to attack
my sadness always
comes back

          my sadness
          is gonna be the death of me
          my sadness 
          is gonna be the death of me

sometimes my sadness
is bigger than a Montana sky