Oh give me land lots of land
under starry skies above
don't fence me in
let me ride through the wide open country
that I love don't fence me in
let me be by myself in the evening breeze
listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
send me off forever but I ask you
please don't fence me in
just turn me loose let me straddle my own saddle
underneath the western skies on my cayuse
let wonder over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge
where the west commences gaze at the moon
till I lose my senses can't stand hobbles
and I can't stand fences don't fence me in
let me be by myself in the evening breeze
listen to the murmur if the cottonwood trees
send me off forever but I ask you
please don't fence me in just turn me loose
let me straddle my own saddle
underneath the western skies
in my cayuse let me wonder over yonder
till I see the mountain rise I want to ride
to the ridge where the west commences
gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
can't stand hobbles and I can't stand fences
don't fence me in