"Countryman" lyrics

Out past the highway
Away from the city
Free as the life I'm living
I'm a countryman

Raised up in the oil lands
Making a living hanging drywall
Doing my part to help em' build tall
This country, man

Well, I found out somehow
One way or another
Hang around another man too long,
He'll start to feel like a brother

You learn to listen through a long drawl
You soon see past the colors
Come to find he's a lot like you
He's just got a different mother

No man's an island
Imaginary walls keep us from our friends
Do what you can
Help lend a hand
To your fellow countryman

Now I live in the city
In the shadows of towers
Watching all of the people
Scramble 'round for hours

Say, "The world's gonna end soon,"
Like they've been saying for ages
Don't buy into the rage
Just help save your country, man

No man's an island
Imaginary walls keep us from our friends
Do what you can
Help lend a hand
To your fellow countryman

Go on and help each other
Come on and lend a hand
My sister and my brother
Take care of one another

Go on and help each other
Come on and lend a hand
My sister and my brother
Take care of one another

No man's an island
Imaginary walls keep us from our friends
Do what you can
Help lend a hand
To your fellow countryman