The nashville friends think i'm strange to make my home out on the range            Think it's nothin but a God forsaken land      Why don't you bring your guitar and family, move on down to tennesse      Well, I just smile because they don't understand      But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain mornin?       Or watched those cotton candy clouds roll by      They'd know why I live beneath these western skies            Verse 2            I got peace of mind and elbow room I love the smell of sage in bloom      Catch a rainbow on my fishin? line      We got county fairs and rodeos, ain't a better place for my kids to grow            Just turn 'em loose in the western summer time      And if you ever held your woman on a summer's evening      While the prairie moon was blazin in her eyes      Then you'd know why I live beneath these western skies                  Bridge:      You ainât lived until you've watched those northern lights      Set around the campfire and hear the coyotes call at night      Makes you feel alright                  Verse 3            So guess i'll stay right where i'm at, wear my boots and my cowboy hat      But i'll come and see ya once in a while      I'll bring my guitar and sing my songs, sorry if I don't stay too long      I love Tennessee but ya know it's just not my style      I gotta be where I can see those Rocky Mountains      Ride my horse and watch an eagle fly      I gotta live my life and write my songs beneath these western skies                  When I die you can bury me beneath these western skies, yippee