In the summer of 1848
He headed west to stake his claim
Packed his bags and rode into the new frontier
There was land as far as the eye could see
And as long as a man had a horse and a dream
He could blaze his on trail
To almost anywhere

CHORUS:

From Maine to California
Michigan to Texas
As far north as North Dakota
There’s miles and miles of fences
What happened to the freedom?
Where’s John Wayne when you need him
There’s interstate where Buffalo once roamed
Where’s a cowboy supposed to go

In the spring of 1971
He came back from Vietnam
Searching for the America he used to know
On his steel horse and his leather chaps
He headed west without a map
But it just didn’t feel like home
And the law wouldn’t leave him alone

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BRIDGE:
When I look up at the stars
Or stare into the fire
I can’t help but feel that I was born
A hundred years too late

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