Open Country

Verse 1

Woke up to the rooster call

Sunlight spilling through the barn wall

Grabbed my coat and my walking shoes

Nothing here for me to lose

Got a road that rolls on forever

Fence posts leaning in the weather

Every turn is a brand new day

Got to get out while I still can say

Pre-Chorus

I'm going where the sky is wide enough

Where the fields just keep on opening up

Chorus

Open country calling me home

Dirt beneath my boots is all I own

Open country where the wind blows free

That's where I'm gonna be

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Verse 2

Stopped a while by the railroad track

Wondered if I could ever come back

Towns get small when you've seen the plains

Rain ain't nothing but a change of names

I left a letter on the kitchen chair

Said I'd find my peace out there

No more fences and no more clocks

Just the rhythm of the walking blocks

Pre-Chorus

I'm going where the sky is wide enough

Where the fields just keep on opening up

Chorus

Open country calling me home

Dirt beneath my boots is all I own

Open country where the wind blows free

That's where I'm gonna be

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

(Oh-oh-oh)

Oh-oh-oh

(Oh-oh-oh)

Bridge

Miles and miles of morning light

Stars that keep the traveler right

Every stone a little landmark

Every bird knows the way to the dark

Hand in hand we'll walk the gravel road

Lighter knowing we unloaded the load

You and me and the prairie song

Singing loud the whole day long

Chorus

Open country calling me home

Dirt beneath my boots is all I own

Open country where the wind blows free

That's where I'm gonna be

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

(Oh-oh-oh)

Oh-oh-oh

(That's where I'm gonna be)

Outro

Open country

(Open country)

Calling me home

(Calling me home)

Open country

(Open country)

Where I roam