Western Skies

My Nashville friends think
I'm strange to make my home out on the range
Think it's nothin' but a
God-forsaken land
Why don't you bring your guitar and family, move on down to
Tennesse Well,
I just smile because they don't understand
But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain mornin'
Watched those cotton candy clouds go by
They 'd know why
I live beneath these
Western Skies
Verse 2 I got peace of mind and elbow room
I love the smell of sage in bloom
Catch a rainbow on my fishin' line
We got county fairs and rodeos, ain't a better place for my kids to grow
Just turn 'em loose in the western summer time
And if you ever held your woman on a summer's evening
While the prairie moon was blazin' in her eyes
You'd know why
I live beneath these
Western Skies
Bridge: You ain't lived until you've watched those
Northern Lights
Sat around the campfire and hear the coyotes call at night
Makes you feel alright
Verse 3 So guess
I'll stay right where
I'm at, wear my boots and my cowboy hat
But I'll come and see ya once in a while
I'll bring my guitar and sing my songs, sorry if
I don't stay too long
I love Tennessee but ya know it just not my style
I gotta be where
I can see those
Rocky Mountains
Ride my horse and watch an eagle fly
I gotta live my life and write my songs beneath these
Western Skies
When I die you can bury me beneath these
Western Skies,
Yippee-ay!