Gathering Field - Beautiful Land lyrics

Strip away the bar and gun shop Strip away the lonesome telephone lines Strip away the faded black top Strip away these things, I'll tell you what you'll find Beautiful land With the hills all around Where the mountaintops reach For the billowing clouds Touch of God's hand Is a whispering sound Of the wind through the trees In the dawn's misty shroud Beautiful land My coat still holds her perfume My car seat a few strands of her hair I see my red eyes in the rear view I been driving through the high, country air Through the.... Beautiful land.... I don't ever want to get that way again I turned my back on who I was I turned my back on all my friends I don't ever want to get that way In the stillness of the morning In the absence of a practical plan In the wake of my transforming From a loved one to a stranger again Lies the .... Beautiful land....