Eilen Jewell

Boundary County

Eilen Jewell


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