[Verse 1]
Left my home, left my friends
I can't go back again
I don't know why
And I don't know why

[Verse 2]
Baby, now here I am
Yeah, just another hired hand
Watchin' the seasons fly by
Watchin' 'em fly on by

[Chorus]
Summer comes around and I miss you
Without you I'm just another guy
Under a big sky

[Verse 3]
Well, come the spring we ride the line
Mend the fence where it's been torn
Spent the day tearin' out that oak
That fell in the winter storm

[Verse 4]
Well, work's in and the day's gone down
Hop in a pickup, head into town
Just to end up dead drunk
Thrown back in your bunk
[Chorus]
Winter comes around and I wanna kiss you
Kiss you and feel you by my side
Under a big sky

[Bridge]
Well, that morning I had to go
I packed my bags kind of slow
You said, "John, why must you always leave
The ones who love you so?"

[Verse 5]
But I had it set in my head
Believed every word the newspaper said
Now it's plain to see
Yeah, the joke's on me

[Chorus]
Tonight I'm chasin' strays down in the canyon
Shout your name and listen as the echo dies
Under a big sky