As They Did

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wish I could have seen it just as they did Lookin over God's country sittin' top of a ridge By the seat of a horse or an old wagon train On that sea of prairie settin' sail 'cross the plains Chasin' the sun, headin' westbound for more Out where the mountains and the eagle do soar [Verse 2] Wish I'da seen the Missouri, before she was dammed Before the sod was all busted and the train laid its tracks When the range was still open and free from that wire When the law was your own and guns were for hire When thе great herds werе plenty and the Sioux followed close They still danced round their fires, and the pipe was still smoked [Verse 3] But now all I see is a canyon that's paved And them faces they carved on the rocks that God made The lights of the sky ain't just moon, sun, and stars And their promised land somehow became ours Ohh what I'd give just for one glimpse At the West that once was and the way life was lived