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From the clatter of Honky tonk
To the quiet of the range
Been thinkin bout silence golden
Golden silence change
Burning nights gets damper
And only one moon was cool
As the steam of danger rose
From a ripple-less darkened pool
Came to America stopped out in the west
Ain't no shotgun rider alligator on my chest
Hotbed of indifference seedbed of so-so
It's push and shove - lord above
what a way to go

Don't say that you love me
Just say you might
You keep holding me
To things you think are right

Yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh
Land of hope and glory

Seen foreign soldiers
Beachhead, army ducks
Seen local farmers
In their big red pick up trucks
Seen drugstore cowboys
Who could not find the range
Seen fools in the city
Who could do with a change

Dined with bog business
And I stood for the toast
Shunned those screenplay writers
In their big home on the coast
Stood in catherdrals
And breathed hard at the sight
Heard rhetoric
Do I need that stuff tonight
From the clatter of Honky tonk   To the quiet of the range   Been thinkin bout silence golden   Golden silence change   Burning nights gets damper   And only one moon was cool   As the steam of danger rose   From a ripple-less darkened pool   Came to America stopped out in the west   Ain't no shotgun rider alligator on my chest   Hotbed of indifference seedbed of so-so   It's push and shove - lord above   what a way to go      Don't say that you love me   Just say you might   You keep holding me   To things you think are right      Yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh   Land of hope and glory      Seen foreign soldiers   Beachhead, army ducks   Seen local farmers   In their big red pick up trucks   Seen drugstore cowboys   Who could not find the range   Seen fools in the city   Who could do with a change      Dined with bog business   And I stood for the toast   Shunned those screenplay writers   In their big home on the coast   Stood in catherdrals   And breathed hard at the sight   Heard rhetoric   Do I need that stuff tonight