Oil and Cattle - Brett Kissel, George Canyon, Don Amero

I come from a land of oil and cattle

Hard work, blood, sweat, and tears

My grandpa’s grandpa, first broke the land

That’s been ours for one hundred years

The Feds tried to break us, and the bank tried to take us

But somehow we stayed in the saddle

Yeah, I’m proud to be from a land of oil and cattle

I come from a land of wide open prairie

Blue skies and wheat fields of gold

They call 'em the flatlands, but to me is the heartland

The best place that I’ve ever known

I don’t have much cash, but I ain’t a poor man

God, don’t give me more than I can carry

Yeah, I’m proud to be from a land of wide open prairie

I come from a land at the foot of the Rockies

Where the eagle protects the sky

I fished these rivers when I was a child

And I still do as the traffic drives by

Now fire took the jack pines but few fought off the coal mines

The government tried but can’t stop me

I’m proud to be from a land at the foot of the Rockies

I come from a land under one sun

Where my people, at one time, lived free

Before there was oil and fences for cattle

Mother Nature owned all you could see

The settlers came, and though we were brave

The healing has not yet begun

I’ll find my place again in this land under one sun

We’ll find out place again in this land under one sun