Colorado Trail
Journey of Love and Loss Along the Colorado Trail
Lyrics
Carl Sandburg/Lee Hayes
Introduction by mentioning the lyricists Carl Sandburg and Lee Hayes.
Chorus:
Chorus: Setting a mournful tone, calling for weeping rains and wailing winds along the Colorado Trail.
Weep, all ye little rains. Wail, winds, wail. All along, along, along the Colorado Trail.
Continuation of the chorus, emphasizing the sorrowful atmosphere along the Colorado Trail.
Eyes like the morning star, cheeks like the rose, Laura was a pretty girl everybody knows.
Describing a girl named Laura with captivating features – eyes like the morning star and cheeks like the rose.
(Chorus)
Reiteration of the chorus, emphasizing the pervasive sadness along the Colorado Trail.
Laura was a laughin' girl, joyful in the day. Laura was my darling girl. Now she's gone away.
Reflecting on Laura as a joyful and laughing girl in the past, expressing the loss as she is no longer present.
(Chorus)
Reiteration of the chorus, underlining the continued melancholy on the Colorado Trail.
Sixteen years she graced the Earth and all of life was good. Now my life lies buried 'neath a cross of wood.
Noting that Laura lived for sixteen years, implying a life of goodness, but now she is buried beneath a wooden cross, signifying her death.
(Chorus)
Repetition of the chorus, reinforcing the pervasive sorrow along the Colorado Trail.
All along, along, along the Colorado Trail.
Closing line, reiterating the theme of sadness along the Colorado Trail.
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