The Ol' Double Diamond
(Gary McMahan)

• The Capitol Collection (1990-2000) Box Set
• Songbook Of The American West

The ol' Double Diamond
Lay out east of Dubois
In the land of the buffalo
And the auctioner's gavel
It rapped and it rattled
As I watched the ol' Double Diamond go

And won't you listen to the wind
Mother Nature's violin

When I first hired on
At the ol' Double Diamond
I was a damn poor excuse for a man
I never learned how to aim
While my spirt was tame
I didn't know all the cards in my hand

And the wind whipped the granite above me
And blew the tumbleweeds clean through my soul

Well, I fought her winters
And I busted her horses
I took more than I thought I could stand
But the battles with the mountains and the cattle
Will bring out the best in a man

I guess a sailor needs an ocean
And a mama, her babies to hold
But I need the plains of Wyoming
In the land of the buffalo

But now she's sellin' out
And I'm movin' on
But I'm leaving with more than I came
'Cause I got this pony
And he ain't for sale
And I've got this song to sing

I've got a new range to find
I've got a new knot to tie
In a country where cowboys are king

We turned tails to the wind
At the ol' Double Diamond
And took off down through the sage

And won't you listen to the wind
Mother Nature's violin

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