The story of the colonisation of the Great Plains from an environmental perspective.
Verse 01 Westward to the vast great plains Went our lonely wagon trains Rolling on to claim America's Dream Chorus 01 Buffalo roaming wild Grasses waving in the wind Said the Great Plains had been sent As our blessed, promised land Re-intro Said the Great Plains had been sent As our blessed, promised land Verse 02 We staked out our grazing claims To the plots of farming land But to our suprise Dust storms filled the summer skies Chorus 02 So we planted rows of corn Pumping water from below But we never prophesied That the wells would all run dry Bridge Ogallala aquifer Running dry Endless water was a lie Chorus 03 Say: "Goodbye American Dream" Evaporating in the sun Water sent from history Now no longer rises and runs Re-Intro Evaporating Evaporating Chorus 04 It was just a passing dream Not really what it seemed Just a hopeless, fickle dream, Fragile, thoughtless human scheme Outro Now the wells are running dry We must say a last goodbye Goodbye to the American Dream Evaporating in the sun. Evaporating