Johnny Cash - Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer) Lyrics
[Introduction - A Cowboy's Prayer:]Lord, I've never lived where churches grow I loved creation betterAs it stood That day you finished it so long ago And looked upon your work andCalled it good I know that others find you in the light That sifted down throughTinted window panes And yet I seem to feel you near tonight In this dim, quietStarlight on the plains I thank you, Lord, that I'm placed so well That you'veMade my freedom so complete That I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell Nor weakEyed prisoner of Waller Street Just let me live my life as I've begun And giveMe work that's open to the sky Make me a partner of the wind and sun And I won'tAsk a life that's soft or high Let me be easy on the man that's down Let me beSquare and generous with all I'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town ButNever let them say I'm mean or small Make me as big and open as the plains AndHonest as the horse between my knees Clean as a wind that blows behind the rainsFree as the hawk that circles down the breeze Forgive me, Lord, if sometimes IForget You know about the reasons that are hid You understand the things thatGall or fret Well, you knew me better than my mother did Just keep an eye on allThat's done or said And right meSometimes when I turn aside And guide me on that long, dim trail ahead ThatStretched upward toward the great divideOh, bury me not on the lone prairie These words came low and mournfully From thePallid lips of a youth who lay On his dying bed at the close of dayOh, bury me not and his voice failed there But we took no heed to his dyingPrayer In a shallow grave just six by three We buried him there on the lonePrairie.
