Don't fence me in!
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above –
Don't fence me in!
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love –
Don't fence me in!
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cotton-wood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you, please
Don't fence me in!
Just turn me loose
Let me straddle
My old saddle
Underneath the western skies!
On my Cayuse
Let me wander
Over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise!
I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
And I can look at hobbles but I can't stand fences –
Don't fence me in!