Marty Robbins - Take Me Back To The Prairie (Under Western Skies Disc 3)
Take me out of this prison
Back to the clear blue sky
Take me back to the part where this cowboy's heart
Want's to live till I die
Take me back to the prairie
Away from these cold prison bars
By a campfire's gleam let me lie there and dream
Under a blanket of stars
Where each mountain top wears a halo
Of fleecy white clouds overhead
Where symphonys ring from birds on the wing
And the grass is like a soft feather bed
Take me back to the prairie
Bach to the land I love best
So that when I am gone I'll be where I belong
There in my haven of rest
Marty Robbins Take Me Back To The Prairie (03:07)
Written by Bobby Sykes who worked for Marty for over 20 years this fine western ballad first saw the
light of day on Marty's 1966 album 'The Drifter.' Bobby also wrote 'Cottonwood Tree', 'The Ballad Of
Bill Thaxton', 'Gone With The Wind' and 'I Hope You Learn A Lot' for Marty. A fine singer in his own
right, Bobby Sykes recorded for Columbia Records during the 60's before changing his name to Bob
Bishop and having a medium sized hit with 'Roses To Reno.'...