Lyrics

7 years of sunsets setting
With a book in the west porch light
Cattle dogs of merle and wonder at her feet and side
Ought to be the perfect picture
a Rockwell on the ranch house wall
But it’s pain and grief and something missing
Looking for Duke
Looking for Duke

80 lbs of cow dog muscle
Red-tri and the silent type
Guarded the herd but ignored my fences
You and Clementine
A bond so strong a bond so broken
Countin’ heads you did not show
She found you first weeping and wailing
Looking for Duke
Looking for Duke

Something instant, something sudden
Blood in your lungs, blood on the sand
I damned God as the kids were crying
Sheetrock on my son’s split hand
I waited weeks to get your ashes
Now you sit by the very best
At 2am she sometimes rises
Looking for Duke
Looking for Duke

Friend of horse and foe of chicken,
no more greeting down at the gate
But Ol’ Woody tries to bring her home
And Clemy lies where you once lay
They still roam the northern pasture,
where you tracked beneath the pines
A kid, a cat or blue merled Daisy
Still looking for Duke
Looking for Duke

Ought to be the perfect picture
a Rockwell on the ranch house wall
But it’s pain and peace and something missing
She’s Looking for Duke
She’s Looking for Duke

Words and Music by Chris Ryden – BMI 2020