Seen him playing in his backyard   Young boy just starting out   So much history in this landscape   So much confusion, so much doubt      Been there drinking on that front porch   Angry kids mean and dumb   Looks like a painting that blue skyline   "God hates fags where we come from"      Western skies don't make it right   Home of the brave don't make no sense   I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire   Left to die on a high ridge fence   It's a cold, cold wind, it's a cold, cold wind   It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming      See two coyotes running down a deer   Hate what we don't understand   You pioneers give us your children   But it's your blood that stains their hands      Western skies don't make it right   Home of the brave don't make no sense   I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire   Left to die on a high ridge fence   It's a cold, cold wind, it's a cold, cold wind   It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming      Somewhere that road forks up ahead   To Ignorance and innocence   Three lives drift on different winds   Two lives ruined one life spent      Western skies don't make it right   Home of the brave don't make no sense   I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire   Left to die on a high ridge fence   It's a cold, cold wind, it's a cold, cold wind   It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming      It's a cold, cold wind, it's a cold, cold wind   It's a cold wind blowing, blowing   Wyoming