The Double Diamond

[Verse 1]
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

[Refrain]
And won't you listen to the wind
Mother Nature's violin

[Verse 2]
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

[Refrain]
And the wind whipped the granite above me
And blew the tumbleweeds clean through my soul

[Verse 3]
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 cattle
Can bring out the best in a man

[Refrain]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Refrain]
And won't you listen to the wind
Mother Nature's violin