Chuck Pyle:
THE SOUL OF COLORADO, is’n LITTLE COUNTRY TOWNS
The ONEs OUT ON THE BACKROADs, Rather NOT BE FOUND.
THE ONEs YOU HITCHHIKE INTO,
WHEN YOUR TRUCK GETS BROKEN DOWN.
The ONE’S WHERE PEOPLE SAY, “HELLO, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN.” Towns like:
Bayfield, Cascade, Manitou, Palisade,
Palmer Lake, Larkspur, Lake City, Gardner,
Kiowa, Niwot, Walden, Wolcott,
Rico, Antonito, Bayona, Villecito,
Firestone, Crestone, Romeo, Redstone,
Redwing, Green Land, Blue River, Uravan,
Villa Grove, Parachutte,
Hugo, Crested Butte,
Hudson, Gunnison,
Miliken, Morrison.
The Kind of place a guy can go,
drink coffee on a rainy day.
A place when you’re too tired to cook,
Where everything’s homemade.
A place to swap a story,
and pass the time away.
Towns like:
Hotchkiss, Silvercliff, Westcliff, Redcliff,
Kittredge, Cedar Ridge, Trinidad, State Bridge
Rockvale, idledale, Deer Trail, Carbondale,
Ouray, Ridgeway, Rye Way, and Gateway.
Limon, Yuma, Monument, Duma
Mountain View, Johnstown, Franktown, Jamestown,
Southfork, Lake George, Del Norte, Dinosaur, El Jabell, Maybell, Bo Mar, Aguilar.
The voice of colorado,
is blowing in the wind,
The one that tells the aspen leaves,
its time to fall again.
The One down from wyoming,
that blows the winter in.
The One in March, That let’s us know,
Spring Time’s roaring in.
Towns like:
Julesberg, Strassberg, Ellberg, Walsenberg,
Buena vista, yampa, Monta vista, blanca,
norwood, cortez,
meeker, and de lorez,
salt creek, coal creek,
holyoak and oak creek,
clifton, burlington, silverton, paxton,
gilcrest, golden, rocky ford, plattville,
victor, la veta, Clark, and naturita,
fairplay, cotapaxi, climax,
and take a taxi.
THE SOUL OF COLORADO IS IN LITTLE COUNTRY TOWNS
The ONEs OUT ON THE BACKROADs, Rather NOT BE FOUND.
THE ONEs YOU HITCHHIKE INTO,
WHEN YOUR TRUCK GETS BROKEN DOWN.
The ONE’S WHERE PEOPLE SAY, “Hello WELCOME TO OUR TOWN.”
