There's a full moon rising in the prairie sky tonight
Lord it's good to be on my way home
Over that horizon she keeps the home fires burning bright
I'm going back to my powder river home

Where the river winds from the big horns up above
And the clear moon shines on the prairie that I love
It's the closest place to heaven this cowboy's ever known
I'm going back to my powder river home

Traveling round the country for a dozen years or more
Funny how your point of view can change
I finally found the rainbow that I've been searching for
It's right above my home out on the range

Where the river winds from the big horns up above
And the clear moon shines on the prairie that I love
It's the closest place to heaven this cowboy's ever known
I'm going back to my powder river home
I'm going back to my powder river home