Neil Young - Peaceful Valley Boulevard

One day shots rang across the peaceful valley God was crying tears that fell like rain Before the railroad came from Kansas City And the bullets hit the bison from the train Shots rang across the peaceful valley White man laid his foot upon the plain. The wagon train rolled through the dusty canyon The settlers full of wonder as they crossed A gentle creek where two old oaks were standing Before the west was won there was a cost A rain of fire came down upon the wagons A mother screamed and every soul was lost. Change hit the country like a thunderstorm Ancient rivers soon began to boil People rushed like water to California At first they came for gold and then for oil Fortunes were made and lost in lifetime