Oil and Cattle

I come from a land of oil and cattle Hard work, blood, sweat and tears My grandpa's grandpa first broke the land That's been ours for one hundred years The Feds tried to break us and the bank tried to take us But somehow we stayed in the saddle Yeah, I'm proud to be from a land of oil and cattle I come from a land of wide open prairie Blue skies and wheat fields of gold They call 'em the flatlands, but to me it's the heartland The best place that I've ever known I don't have much cash but I ain't a poor man God don't give me more than I can carry Yeah, I'm proud to be from a land of wide open prairie I come from a land at the foot of the Rockies Where the eagle protects the sky And I fished these rivers when I was a child And I still do as the traffic drives by Now fire took the jack pines, a few fought off the coal mines The government tried but can't stop me I'm proud to be from a land at the foot of the Rockies I come from a land under one sun Where my people, at one time lived free Before there was oil and fences for cattle Mother nature owned all you could see The settlers came and though we were brave The healing has not yet begun I'll find my place again in this land under one sun We'll find our place again in this land under one sun