Don Francisco - My Heart's Pastureland lyrics

I was born in the city, with all that that means – Uprooted people, concrete and machines But I never fit in, and I never knew why “Til I stood on these mountains and under this sky I rode out this mornin', wood-smoke on the breeze Through white aspen forests ‘n' shimmerin' leaves On a horse that I've known since the day of his birth My head in the clouds, as his hooves pound the earth The air in the Rockies right after the rain Gives peace to my soul and erases my pain The herd out before me and the reins in my hand I'm in my blood's country and my heart's pastureland The world that I left, now, the mem'ries remain But these forests and canyons are the life in my veins, my heart Knows no regrets, in the day or my dreams – It sins in the meadows, and it laughs in the streams The afternoon sun's turned the granite to gold Shinin' under the stormclouds as eastward they roll With raindrops like diamonds on the sage and the trees If I weren't in the saddle, I'd give thanks on my knees The air in the Rockies right after the rain Gives peace to my soul and erases my pain The herd out before me and the reins in my hand I'm in my blood's country and my heart's pastureland We're a vanishing breed, it's a cowboy cliché ‘A job done for love -- it sure ain't for the pay The pastures keep shrinkin', the fences grow long All that's left are the movies ….. and this cowboy's song But I'll follow this herd while the night follows day ‘Til my body lies down and my soul flies away In these hard rocky mountains I'll make my last stand Somewhere in the sunset southwest of the Cheyenne The air in the Rockies right after the rain Gives peace to my soul and erases my pain The herd out before me and the reins in my hand I'm in my blood's country and my heart's pastureland With the mountains before me and the reins in my hand I'm in my blood's country and my heart's pastureland I'm in my blood's country and my heart's pastureland.