Written by Jake Brooks
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She was paintin' a picture of slum life
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When the cowboy came limpin' by
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Wearin' tattered old boots with one sole gone
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And a far away look in his eye
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Well, he watched for a while as she painted
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And then he said, "Mama you surely paint well
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Yes, you got all this on your canvas
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The dirt the squalor and the hell"
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Well, she asked to paint him in the setting
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Ah, but he shook his head slowly and low
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He said "naw, I won't fit your picture
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Un- less you can paint me back home"
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Can you paint me back home in Wyoming
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Riding free 'neath the big sky a- bove
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Free as the wind on the prairie
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Out in the hills that I love
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I long to get back to Wyoming
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And I've hoped all these years that I can
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Please paint me back home on your canvas
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Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain
(Talking)
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Well, I never claimed this festered city
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You know I was raised on a ranch out in the west
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I spent my young years bustin' horses
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And boy they said I could ride with the best
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So I came here to Madison Square Garden
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To ride in the big rodeo
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Ah? but I got stepped on and all crippled up
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And chute, bronc bustin' is all I know
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Ah, boy if I could just get back to Wyoming
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I wouldn't feel so alone
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Ah, but the pain is too much for the roamin'
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So please can you paint me back home
Chorus
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Can you paint me back home in Wyoming
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Riding free 'neath the big sky a- bove
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Free as the wind on the prairie
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Out in the hills that I love
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I long to get back to Wyoming
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And I've hoped all these years that I can
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Please paint me back home on your canvas
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Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain
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Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain
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