There's a full moon risin' in the prairie sky tonight
Lord it's good to be on my way home
Over that horizon, she keeps the home fires burnin' bright
I'm goin' back to my Powder River home
Where the river winds from the Big Horn's up above
And the clear moon shines on the prairie that I love
It's the closest place to Heaven this cowboy's ever known
I'm goin' back to my Powder River home
Travelin' round the country for a dozen years or more
Funny how your point of view can change
I finally found the rainbow that I've been searchin' for
It's right above my home out on the range
Where the river winds from the Big Horn's up above
And the clear moon shines on the prairie that I love
It's the closest place to Heaven this cowboy's ever known
I'm goin' back to my Powder River home
I'm goin' back to my Powder River home