O give me land, lots of land, and the 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   Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees   Send me off forever but I ask you please   Don't fence me in      Just turn me loose, let me straddle my on 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   To many words, gaze at the moon till I lose my senses   Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences   Don't fence me in      O give me land, lots of land, and the 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   Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees   Send me off forever but I ask you please   Don't fence me in      Just turn me loose, let me straddle my on 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   Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses   Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences   Don't fence me in