Beautiful Land Lyrics - Singles - The Gathering Field

Strip away the bar and gun shop 

Strip away the lonesome telephone lines 

Strip away the faded black top 

Strip away these things, 

I'll tell you what you'll find 

Beautiful land 

With the hills all around 

Where the mountaintops reach 

For the billowing clouds 

Touch of God's hand 

Is a whispering sound 

Of the wind through the trees 

In the dawn's misty shroud 

Beautiful land 

My coat still holds her perfume 

My car seat a few strands of her hair 

I see my red eyes in the rear view 

I been driving through the high, country air 

Through the.... 

Beautiful land.... 

I don't ever want to get that way again 

I turned my back on who I was 

I turned my back on all my friends 

I don't ever want to get that way 

In the stillness of the morning 

In the absence of a practical plan 

In the wake of my transforming 

From a loved one to a stranger again 

Lies the .... 

Beautiful land....