Verse 1:
D AI grew up in Wyoming
In and around Jackson's hole
AIn the shadows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
And winters unbearably cold
GBut the Spring and the Fall
DAre always as good as it gets
For over 70 years now
DI'd watch the sun rise and set
Verse 2:
AI've been a cowboy
Working the round-ups in spring
AI've lived in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
Trapping the rivers and streams
GAlways the loner
DI've treasured my freedom the most
And though i never married
DAs a young man i might have come close
Verse 3:
GFrom somewhere back east
She came to the valley
DWith a man who did her no good
GHe was fast with the ladies
A tin horn gambler
DAnd a cheat whenever he could
GShe had no friends or family
Most of the time he was gone
AHe died in a card game
DAnd she found herself all alone
Verse 4:
Alone and afraid and left unprotected
D'Cause he was all that she had
GMaybe i should have
But i never told her
DSo she never knew he was bad
GBut i'll always remember
Standing and watching her cry
AThere was no one to help her
DBut i was determined to try
Verse 5:
I mended her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
DI had everything looking good
I laid by her food
And wood for the winter
DHelping wherever i could
The more i was around her
DThe more i wanted to be
AThere was something about her
That brought out a good side of me
Verse 6:
GI went into town,i brought a new outfit
DI got me a haircut and shave
I'd trek through the snow
For no good reason
DJust to go by her cabin each day
I don't know about love
DBut i was quite taken in by it all
ATill her brother came in the Spring
And he took her back to St. Paul
Verse 7:
AI don't go down to Jackson
DAin't nothing there but motels and bars
Too damn many tourists
No place to hide
DThey'll find you wherever you are
They like to call me old timer
DI am getting older i guess
ABut i don't like the changes
'Cause i've seen it all at its best
Verse 8:
AWhen my life is over
DI don't want to be left in town
But up in the mountains
There is a place
DI've marked off my own piece of ground
High in the Tetons
DAbove and away from it all
AFrom the top of old Grand
I bet on a clear day - you can see
DAll the way to St. Paul
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