Close to the Land (America's Heartland Theme) - Michael Martin Murphey

Way before the sun comes up

Already on his second cup

He’s looking out across the open sky

As streaks of orange, pink, and gray

Wash over rows of new mown hay

The range land fills a cowboys heart with pride

He rises slowly from his chair

His back is stiff, greys in his hair

He’s spent a lot of lone days in the sun

He ain’t one much to complain

He saddles up and takes the reins

And rides hard til his working day is done

You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man

In Americas heartland living close to the land

There’s a love for the country and a pride in the brand

In Americas heartland living close to the land

Close to the land

When the sun is high overhead

Shes been eight hours out of bed

Shes still got a lot of work to do

Pulling weeds an patchin' jeans

And keepin' faith when times are lean

She does a mans work and a womans too

She’ll run a tractor, water stock

Fix the truck, then feed her flock

But somehow she gets roses from the ground

She ain’t got a thing to prove

She simply does what she must do

From early morning til the sun goes down

You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man

In Americas heartland living close to the land

There’s a love for the country and a pride in the brand

In Americas heartland living close to the land

In Americas heartland close to the land

There’s something that the people know

Who make things live and make things grow

Deeper than the words of any sage

That unless you’ve touched this earth

Planted seeds, or given birth

The human heart can never come of age

You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man

In Americas heartland living close to the land

There’s a love for the country and a pride in the brand

In Americas heartland living close to the land

In Americas heartland close to the land

In Americas heartland close to the land