Ol' Double Diamond

The ol' Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois in the land of the buffalo

And the auctioner's gavel it rapped and it rattled

As I watched the ol' Double Diamond go

And won't you listen to the wind mother nature's violin

When I first hired on at the ol' Double Diamond

I was a damn poor excuse for a man

I never learned how to aim while my spirt was tame

I didn't know all the cards in my hand

And the wind whipped the granite above me

And blew the tumbleweeds clean through my soul

Well I fought her winters and I busted her horses

I took more than I thought I could stand

But the battles with the mountains and the cattle

Will bring out the best in a man

I guess a sailor needs an ocean and a mama her babies to hold

But I need the plains of Wyoming in the land of the buffalo

But now she's sellin' out and I'm movin' on

But I'm leaving with more than I came

Cause I got this pony and he ain't for sale and I've got this song to sing

I've got a new range to find I've got a new knot to tie

In a country where cowboys are king

We turned tails to the wind at the ol' Double Diamond

And took off down through the sage

And won't you listen to the wind mother nature's violin