Oh, your golden lights of America   Joseph sought your prairies and your buffalo   And the humming of the rails down through Kansas   They brought Joseph in from Baltimore      The Cavalry, the Indians   And an old dan were his only friends   Then the old dan died and the Indians' plight   Made the Cavalry young Joe's enemy      Oh, the outlaws spilled the blood   Across the Kansas plains back in the '70's   Joseph took a badge for America   To defend you from your fantasies      Joseph wore that badge   Across the Kansas prairies to save the railroads   But the heroes that we made, well, they were   Ruthless soldiers who'd kill for gold      With a broken heart for the frontier plains   Joseph sat a-rocking in his front-porch swing   That old tin badge is tarnished now   You know it was just a young man's dream      And old man's tales are hard to reach   When you don't believe in your American Dream   The Indians, the buffalo and old Joe Mason   They died from memory      Oh, your golden lights of America   Joseph sought your prairies and your buffalo   And the humming of the rails down through   Kansas, they brought Joseph in from Baltimore      The Cavalry, the Indians, and an old dan   Forsaken old man   Oh, your golden lights of America