Lyrics
(Verse 1) The sun’s a copper coin that’s sinking in the dust
My spurs are singing rhythm to a heart I’ve learned to trust
The sagebrush is a-whisper and the mesa’s standing tall
Just me and this old leather ‘til the weary shadows fall.
(Chorus)
And I’m riding through the canyon, riding through the grain
Washing off the city with the thunder and the rain
No fences on the skyline, no limits in my chest
Just a ghost of yesterday riding out across the West.
(Verse 2) The coyote starts his calling to a moon of ivory white
I’ll find a patch of buffalo grass to bed down for the night
My coffee’s in the embers and my saddle’s for a head
The stars are all the company I need before I’m dead.
(Chorus)
And I’m riding through the canyon, riding through the grain
Washing off the city with the thunder and the rain
No fences on the skyline, no limits in my chest
Just a ghost of yesterday riding out across the West.
(Bridge)
They say the world is changing, that the iron horse is near
But they can’t catch the silence or the beauty of the frontier
Let ‘em keep their gilded halls and all their ticking clocks
I’ll take the wind across the ridge and the sun upon the rocks.
(Outro)
Yeah, the West is in my marrow...
It’s the only place I’m free...
Just the horizon and the hollow...
And the man I’m meant to be.