My mother nature and my father time See their son run across that line It's his fortieth final try Charging forward now in heat Then the awkward retreat To his lonely stockade To his imaginary maid She's sweeping down the plain She's under his reign Like a rough wind howling through Oklahoma It's a cold wind down in Oklahoma He's been hurt once - and he's hurt one twice And all the pain is still labeled "inside" He's sorting it out inside But now his voice no longer speaks When the truth begins to leak To the heavily love-laden mercenary maiden But deep within their spark His hidden orders bark Like a rough wind howling through Oklahoma It's a cold wind down in Oklahoma My mother nature and my father time See their son run across that line It's his fortieth final try It's his final try Like a rough wind howling through Oklahoma It's a cold wind down in Oklahoma