They say that we built this country 
They say that we built this town 
But now that we've built our homes here 
They say that they’ll tear them down 
Darling I’ll take my beating 
And then I’ll take my rest 
You know that I’ll take most anything 
Because I take it best 

Hey sister, where’d you come from? 
Hey sister, where’d you go? 
Hey sister, where’d you come from? 
And where are you going when you go? 

With a name like coyote 
With enemies like these 
With a peace like a faucet 
I keep shaking in my knees 
While I don’t want to lose you 
I just don’t care if I win 
That’s why I sit around and wait 
That’s why I sit around and grin 

When we were all out of whiskey 
When we were all out of time 
She put her toes in the desert 
I put my toes on the line 
She would not see responses 
To all the letters she wrote 
Because I was building a fire 
And I was building a home