Michael Martin Murphey – Close To The Land - Americas Heartland (Guitar)

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Way before, before the sun comes up

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Already on his second cup

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He's looking out across the open sky

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As streaks of orange, pink, and gray

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Wash over rows of new mown hay

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The farmland fills the cowboy's heart with pride

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He rises slowly from his chair

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His back is stiff, grays in his hair

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He spends a long long days in the sun

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But he ain't one much to complain

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He saddles up and takes the reins

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And rides hard till his working day is done

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

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Who've spent their whole lives living close to the land

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

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In America's heartland, living close to the land

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In America's heartland, close to the land

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When the sun is high overhead

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She's been eight hours out of bed

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She's still got a lot of work to do

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Pulling weeds and patching jeans

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And keeping faith when times are lean

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She does a man's work and a woman's too

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She'll run the tractor, water stock

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Fix the truck, then feed her flock

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But somehow get some roses from the ground

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She ain't got a thing to prove

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She simply does what she must do

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From early morning till the sun goes down

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

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Who've spent their whole lives living close to the land

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

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In America's heartland, living close to the land

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In America's heartland, close to the land

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There's something that the people know

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Who make things live and make things grow

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Deeper than the words of any sage

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That unless you've touched this earth

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Planted seeds or given birth

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The human heart can never come of age

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

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Who've spent their whole lives living close to the land

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

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In America's heartland, living close, close to the land

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In America's heartland, close to the land

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