Don't Fence Me In

Oh, give me land, lots of land

Under starry skies above

Don't fence me in

Let me ride through the wild open

Country that I love

Don't fence me in

Let me be by myself in the evening breeze

Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

Send me off forever, but I ask you please

Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose

Let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western sky

On my Cayuse

Let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge

Where the west commences

Gaze at the moon till i lose my senses

Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in