I grew up where the prairie sage brush grows up to three feet high
By the time I was ten, I could see over them where the mountains touch the sky
I took off at eighteen to see what the world was all about
Met a blue-eyed Carolina girl that had my future all planned out
But you ain't ever gonna leave these hills
And I wanna die where the coyote cry and the gray wolf kills
From where I'm standing, I can't see forever with you and me
There's too many towns and not enough cows
And way too many trees
I love your folks like they're my own and I'm crazy about you
But there's too much cowboy in my bones to be dug up by my roots
We could build ourselves a house here, but it won't ever be my home
So let's call a spade a spade and just stay where we belong
But you ain't ever gonna leave these hills
And I wanna die where the coyote cry and the gray wolf kills
From where I'm standing, I can't see forever with you and me
There's too many towns and not enough cows
And way too many trees
So let me go 'fore it's too late
Baby, spare me the heartbreak
You ain't ever gonna leave these hills
And I wanna die where the coyote cry and the gray wolf kills
From where I'm standing, I can't see forever with you and me
There's too many towns and not enough cows
Too much noise and not enough sound
And way too many trees
