Don't Fence Me In

(Cole Porter)



Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,

Don't fence me in

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love

Don't fence me in.



Let me be by myself in the evening breeze

Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

Send me out forever but I ask you please

Don't fence me in,



Just turn me loose let me straddle

My old saddle underneath the western skies

On my cayuse let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise.



I want to ride, to the ridge where the west commences

Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

Can't look at hubbles and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in.



Just turn me loose let me straddle

My old saddle underneath the western skies

On my cayuse let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise.



Don't fence me in...