THE LAND THAT I LOVE

Thad Beckman

Now it’s truck stop food and the waitress she’s pretty

I’ll be home by mornin’ if I keep ‘er steady

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love

I can see thread showing through my tire

My muffler’s she’s hangin’ by a wire

I’m goin’ back, to the land that I love

Chorus

From east to the west the full moon rides

Across the sky she slowly glides

I wonder if my true loves eyes

Are gazing upon her

She’s the one I’m longing for

So far away on that western shore

We kissed goodbye we kissed some more

The moon was a’risin’

I’ve crossed this country back and forth

I been west to east, south to north

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love

Yeah I’m driven by some wild thing

It makes me moan it makes me sing

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love

Chorus

Now it’s been awhile and maybe more

Since I last set foot on my baby’s door

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love.

I get so doggone lonesome babe

I get to feeling so far away

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love

Chorus

Now the stars are out in force tonight

And the desert’s she’s bathed in pale moonlight

I’m goin’ back to the land that I love