Don't fence me in
 Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
 Don't fence me in
 Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
 And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
 Send me off forever but I ask you please
 Don't fence me in

 Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
 Underneath the western skies
 On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
 Till I see the mountains rise

 I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences
 And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
 And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
 Don't fence me in

 Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies
 Don't fence me in
 Let me ride through the wide country that I love
 Don't fence me in
 Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
 And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
 Send me off forever but I ask you please
 Don't fence me in

 Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
 Underneath the western skies (do do-do, do do do-do-do-do)
 On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
 Till I see the mountains rise (ba be ba ba ba)

 I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences
 And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
 And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
 Don't fence me in, no
 Pop, oh don't you fence me in