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Way down in a border town, just south of Ely
You head east from the cottonwood trees
Where the desert bleeds its green
A couple traps by the beaver dam
From a rancher's hired hand
The creek speaks a mystery
Far older than any man

Listen now while echoes loud
While the trains are rollin'
A country boy's heart like the beat of a drum
Seems to well from deep within
And if land could talk, it'd tell us all
Us men are all the same
Fightin' for blood and workin' for his family
Just tryna see another day

Painted rocks by the water's edge
Hang a shaman's lonesome dream
Robber's Roost just up the hill
Is it legend or history?
The land gives money and gives power
Is it myth or reality?
Truck full of pelts and huntin' all winter
That's a country boy's dream to me

Listen now while echoes loud
While the trains are rollin'
A country boy's heart like the beat of a drum
Seems to well from deep within
And if land could talk, it'd tell us all
Us men are all the same
Fightin' for blood and workin' for his family
Just tryna see another day

Now, down at the ranch, there's a haggard man
With a wife hooked to a pipe
Apple trees tall, cattle all along
Big bucks rollin' in at night
If you a stranger or the law, well, you better keep on
'Cause this rifle's sighted in alright
Weed around the corner and shine in the holler
Them country boys can survive

Listen now while echoes loud
While the trains are rollin'
A country boy's heart like the beat of a drum
Seems to well from deep within
And if land could talk, it'd tell us all
Us men are all the same
Fightin' for blood and workin' for his family
Just tryna see another day

I want you to know it's over
Well, bye