Take me out of this prison

Back to the clear blue sky

Take me back to the part where this cowboy's heart

Want's to live till I die



Take me back to the prairie

Away from these cold prison bars

By a campfire's gleam let me lie there and dream

Under a blanket of stars



Where each mountain top wears a halo

Of fleecy white clouds overhead

Where symphonys ring from birds on the wing

And the grass is like a soft feather bed



Take me back to the prairie

Bach to the land I love best

So that when I am gone I'll be where I belong

There in my haven of rest