Why all this commotion? Can't you see that the world's still in motion? Don't you know that God's love's like an ocean For every one of His little children? From this valley I see you are leaving I will miss your brown eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine of The cowboy who loved you a while The cowboy that loved you completely The cowboy that tried to be true The cowboy that can't understand where you're going Until I leave this valley too Why all this contention? What all this fighting in the name of religion? It wasn't God, it was man's sad invention Who've forgotten what it's like to be children I can't go around with a gun on my tongue Not expecting the rounds to deflect The blood on all our hands is the same In the Red River Valley it reflects