Ranches And Rivers - Joe Ely

In the cool of the evening

She calls me to dance

My back’s about broken

From choppin' the plants

My soul is so thirsty

I can’t sleep at night

She walks in my dreams

And brings me delight

I was born to the workers

To toil and to strife

My father before me

He worked all his life

He took nothing for granted

He said son never bend

This heart that’s been broken

Only her love can mend

Some men could give you

Ranches and Rivers

With fences of Barbed Wire

To keep out the cold

But me, I got nothin'

No Titles to nothin'

Just a Love and a Fire

More Precious than gold

Your daddy works me in the ground

He knows something’s goin' down

Will you pack your things and ride with me?

Tomorrow at sunrise

With the dew on the cotton

They cut loose the watchdogs

When they see that we’re gone

The smile of my sweet one

Asleep on the car seat

Ten miles to the border

Where we will be free