Under a Big Sky

[Verse 1]

Left my home, left my friends

I can't go back again

I don't know why

And I don't know why

[Verse 2]

Baby, now here I am

Yeah, just another hired hand

Watchin' the seasons fly by

Watchin' 'em fly on by

[Chorus]

Summer comes around and I miss you

Without you I'm just another guy

Under a big sky

[Verse 3]

Well, come the spring we ride the line

Mend the fence where it's been torn

Spent the day tearin' out that oak

That fell in the winter storm

[Verse 4]

Well, work's in and the day's gone down

Hop in a pickup, head into town

Just to end up dead drunk

Thrown back in your bunk

[Chorus]

Winter comes around and I wanna kiss you

Kiss you and feel you by my side

Under a big sky

[Bridge]

Well, the morning I had to go

I packed my bags kind of slow

You said, "John, why must you always leave

The ones who love you so?"

[Verse 5]

But I had it set in my head

Believed every word the newspaper said

Now it's plain to see

Yeah, the joke's on me

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm chasin' strays down in the canyon

Shout your name and listen as the echo dies

Under a big sky