"The Double Diamond" lyrics - CHRIS LEDOUX

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 the ol' Double Diamond
I's 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 banker, well he needs his dough
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 and 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