Cowboys and Canyon Queens

I miss Oklahoma
Her boundless, rolling land
The tallgrass hair
She twirls in her hand
A paintbrush wildflower, with her arms red and tan

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
I'm going back the country
To see what all this means

California's dreaming
Her desert under clouds
LA becomes a dancer
In a shroud
Calls to me sweetly, but her traffic is too loud

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
I'm going back the country
To see what all this means

Everywhere's on fire
Or under the sea
The earth is shaking
Down Tornado Alley
And I'm often scared, home won't be there
Waiting for me

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
I'm going back the country
To see what all this means

The long-worn ribbon
Tying up our towns
I'm always in the middle
When it comes unwound
If I was ever choking, you were there to cut me down

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
I'm going back the country
To see what all this means

The emeralds of your eyes
The topaz of your skin
And a diamond heart too hard
To let me in
The prairie birds rest upon the crown placed on your head

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
I'm going back the country
To see what all this means

The Trinity is still now
Electric fences hum
I'll never see I-35
Be done
And Corinth, you'll be singing a song to hush your son

Gather 'round you cowboys
And all you canyon queens
Life is for living
And nothing's what it seems



Credits
Writer(s): John Abney
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