Well I rode the green across this country
Horses lived and died to take me
Men I killed to help me get there, further West I died to
take me
Blackened face and dirty laundry Many days since
I have eaten Found myself a family Broke my back
So I could feed them

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High in the wind Standing in the sun
We're going to raise up the heavens
With a shovel and a gun
I was so much younger then I would never ever listen
I am so much older now I thought that things would
end up different
Farewell, lover in green

Elizabeth she is my lady Says the prayers and
does the learning
Waking up all the children
Making love in the early morning
We took to building up the cities we built the churches
in our cities
Happy in the green country In the green
they buried me

Chorus

Well I'm dead now My wife Elizabeth is at my side
I've got children all around me I've got grandchildren
I've got great grandchildren I've got great
great great great
Grandchildren Too many for me to remember
Maybe one of them is you