Gary McMahan - The Old Double Diamond

Now, the old Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois

In the land of the buffalo

And the auctioneer's gavel, it rapped and it rattled

As I watched the old Double Diamond go

Won't you listen to the wind

Mother Nature's violin?

When I first hired on the old Double Diamond

I was a damn poor excuse for a man

I never learned how to aim when the spirit was tame

Couldn't see all the cards in my hand

And the wind whipped the granite above me

Blew the tumbleweeds clean through my soul

I fought her winters, I busted her horses

You know, I took more than I thought l could stand

But the battles with the mountains and the cattle

Seemed to bring out the best in a man

I guess a sailor, he needs an ocean

And a mama, her babies to hold

And I need the hills of Wyoming

In the land of the buffalo

Now she's sellin' out, and I'm movin' on

But I'm leavin' with more than I came

'Cause I got this saddle and it ain't for sale

And I've got this song to sing

I got a new range to find, a new knot to tie

In a country where cowboys are king

I turned my tail to the wind and the old Double Diamond

And disappeared into the sage