[Verse 1: Jo Smith]
He packed everything he owned
On the back of that old pickup
And he gave up on this dream in Tennessee
I heard he took a job
On a ranch outside of Cody
He's been runnin' like those ponies, wild and free
No woman coulda stole him from me
[Chorus: Jo Smith, Jo Smith & Vince Gill]
Wyoming, Wyoming
Why did your skies have to be so blue?
Wyoming, Wyoming
What did I ever do to you?
[Verse 2: Jo Smith, Jo Smith & Vince Gill]
I know he missed his rainbow fishin'
And those summer rodeos
'Cause he's been talkin' about a place out there for years
Or it coulda been the mountains
Or the wide open spacеs
That cowboy life he holds so dear
Hard as I triеd, I couldn't keep him here
[Chorus: Jo Smith & Vince Gill, Jo Smith]
Wyoming, Wyoming
Why did your skies have to be so blue?
Wyoming, Wyoming
What did I ever do to you?
[Bridge: Jo Smith, Jo Smith & Vince Gill]
I pray a long cold winter
Will drive him back to me
Lord knows I'll be waiting
Right here in Tennessee
[Chorus: Jo Smith, Jo Smith & Vince Gill]
Wyoming
Why did your skies have to be so blue?
Wyoming, Wyoming, oh
What did I ever do to you?
What did I ever do to you?
Wyoming was written by Jo Smith & Brett Jones.
I was inspired on a trip out West when I saw the big sky and the Rockies for the first time. The devastating beauty and dangerousness provided the perfect backdrop for the traditional, and yet, unconventional heartbreak story that became “Wyoming.” Now, years hence, and after 2020, it seems that eve...