There is a land where mountain peaks <br />Reach snowcapped arms on high; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br />There is a land where ocean waves <br />Lap endlessly against the sky; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />You can have your city life; <br />I’ll be far from cares and strife <br />In my wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />There is a land where mountain breeze <br />Hums symphonies among the trees; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br />There is a land where waterfalls’ <br />Cascades echo canyon walls; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />You can have your city life; <br />I’ll be far from cares and strife <br />In my wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />There is a land where sunset’s blaze <br />Defies mere human lavish praise; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br />There is a land where snowdrifts white <br />Reflect the shifting northern lights; <br />Give me wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />You can have your city life; <br />I’ll be far from cares and strife <br />In my wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />Here in this land where gracious peace <br />Invites the heart to find release <br />In wide open spaces of this world, <br />Here in this land where heaven’s calm <br />Scribes upon the heart a psalm, <br />I laude wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />You can have your city life; <br />I’ll be far from cares and strife <br />In my wide open spaces of this world. <br /> <br />Written in 1973.<br /><br />Adeline Foster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wide-open-spaces-4/
