I leave town
take a ride
maybe see the country-side
All green and gold
I breathe the better air I'm told

The city life is fine
but it seems like all the time
It's an uphill climb
And I never draw the line

This land this land
The soil turns to sand and stone
You could build a home
A little place to be alone

I worry 'bout the world
I worry too about a girl
but that's nothin' new
There's too much else to do

Take a man any man
Then I start to understand
what he believes
becomes the very land he sees
It sets him free
tranquility
a way to be

Gonna clear my head
and walk along the riverbed
gonna play a song
and hope it finds her further on
I clear my head
I heard just what the river said
I made a song
It'll find you further on

Now I'm far away
from the troubles of the day
another way
another way to pray

Take a man any man
then I start to understand
what he believes
becomes the very land he sees

This land this land
I hear it and I understand
what I believe
becomes the very land...I...see
sets me free
the heart of me
a way to be