Oil And Cattle

(album: The Compass Project - West Album - 2023)

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