say hello to boundary county if you make it up that way i don t get around as much as i did in my younger days i was raised in that country so pure and so fair but i took too hard to the whiskey and i wandered away from there i miss the barbed wire and the sage on that wild northern range the giant staring sky like a bright tragic blue eye why i left i can t say why i can t say why say hello to boundary county for me she s prettier than dreams if you ve been someplace so far away then you ve really seen some things those miles and miles of steel rails are a one way track and no matter how hard i try i never make it back i never make it back i miss those violet hills and the sweet smell of the fields reach their arms out so wide like heaven s only bride why i left i can t say why i can t say why every man serves his time i know i ve done my share and when that old roll is called you will find me there in boundary county if you make it up that way i don t get around as much as i did in my younger days