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2006**lf**Writer: Michael Martin Murphey, Quist**lf****lf**Way before the sun comes up**lf**Already on his second cup**lf**He''s looking out across the open sky**lf**As streaks of orange, pink, and gray**lf**Wash over rows of new mown hay**lf**The range land fills a cowboys heart with pride**lf****lf**He rises slowly from his chair**lf**His back is stiff, greys in his hair**lf**He''s spent a lot of lone days in the sun**lf**He ain''t one much to complain**lf**He saddles up and takes the reins**lf**And rides hard til his working day is done**lf****lf**You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**There''s a love for the country and a pride in the brand**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**Close to the land**lf****lf**When the sun is high overhead**lf**Shes been eight hours out of bed**lf**Shes still got a lot of work to do**lf**Pulling weeds an patchin'' jeans**lf**And keepin'' faith when times are lean**lf**She does a mans work and a womans too**lf****lf**She''ll run a tractor, water stock**lf**Fix the truck, then feed her flock**lf**But somehow she gets roses from the ground**lf**She ain''t got a thing to prove**lf**She simply does what she must do**lf**From early morning til the sun goes down**lf****lf**You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**There''s a love for the country and a pride in the brand**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**In Americas heartland close to the land**lf****lf**There''s something that the people know**lf**Who make things live and make things grow**lf**Deeper than the words of any sage**lf**That unless you''ve touched this earth**lf**Planted seeds, or given birth**lf**The human heart can never come of age**lf****lf**You can see it in the eyes of every woman and man**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**There''s a love for the country and a pride in the brand**lf**In Americas heartland living close to the land**lf**In Americas heartland close to the land**lf**In Americas heartland close to the land