Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming
Wyoming Dreams Unveiled: A Cowboy's Plea Through Paint
Lyrics
She was painting a picture of slum life
Describing a woman painting a picture depicting slum life.
When the cowboy came limping by
A cowboy, possibly distressed or injured, passes by.
Wearing tattered old boots with one sole gone
Describing the cowboy's worn-out boots and distant gaze.
And a far away look in his eye
Highlighting the cowboy's introspective expression.
Well, he watched for a while as she painted
The cowboy observes the woman painting for a while.
And then said, "Ma'am, you surely paint well"
The cowboy compliments the woman's painting skills.
Yes, you've got all this on your canvas
Acknowledging the accuracy of the painted slum scene.
The dirt and the squalor and the hell
Referring to the depicted hardship and chaos.
Well, she asked to paint him in the setting
The woman asks to paint the cowboy in the scene.
Aw, but he shook his head slowly and low
The cowboy declines, wanting to be painted back home.
Said, "Naw, I won't fit your picture
The cowboy won't fit the slum picture; he belongs elsewhere.
Unless you can paint me back home"
The cowboy asks to be painted back home in Wyoming.
Can you paint me back home in Wyoming
Expressing the desire to be painted in his home state, Wyoming.
Ridin' free 'neath the big sky above
Yearning for the freedom and vast skies of Wyoming.
Free as the wind on the prairie
Comparing his desired freedom to the wind on the prairie.
Out in the hills that I love
Expressing love for the hills of Wyoming.
I long to get back to Wyoming
Expressing a deep longing to return to Wyoming.
And I've hoped all these years that I can
Hopeful that the return to Wyoming is still possible.
Please paint me back home on your canvas
Asking the woman to paint him back home on her canvas.
Paint me back in Wyoming again
Reiterating the desire to be painted in Wyoming.
Well, I never claimed this festered city
Disdain for the city and a declaration of rural upbringing.
You know, I was raised on a ranch out in the west
Details about growing up on a ranch in the west.
I spent my young years bustin' horses
Recollection of youth spent breaking horses on the ranch.
And boy, they said I could ride with the best
Recognition of cowboy skills in horse riding.
So I came here to Madison Square Garden
Coming to Madison Square Garden for rodeo, but faced an injury.
To ride in the big rodeo
Expressing the original intention of participating in a rodeo.
Oh, but I got stepped on and all crippled up
An accident led to physical impairment.
And shoot, bronc bustin's all I know
Expressing frustration that bronc bustin' was his expertise.
Ah boy, if I could just get back to Wyoming
Desire to return to Wyoming, feeling lonely elsewhere.
I wouldn't feel so alone
The yearning for Wyoming as a remedy for loneliness.
Ah, but the pain is too much for the roamin'
Physical pain preventing the cowboy from wandering.
So please can you paint me back home?
Pleading to be painted back home due to unbearable pain.
Can you paint me back home in Wyoming
Reiteration of the plea to be painted in Wyoming.
Ridin' free 'neath the big sky above
Yearning for the freedom and vast skies of Wyoming.
Free as the wind on the prairie
Comparing his desired freedom to the wind on the prairie.
Out in the hills that I love
Expressing love for the hills of Wyoming.
I long to get back to Wyoming
Expressing a deep longing to return to Wyoming.
And I've hoped all these years that I can
Hopeful that the return to Wyoming is still possible.
Please paint me back home on your canvas
Asking the woman to paint him back home on her canvas.
Paint me back in Wyoming again
Reiterating the desire to be painted in Wyoming.
Paint me back in Wyoming again
Final plea to be painted back in Wyoming.
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