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 roll 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!