Faces in the Stone

Prompt

Prairie-western folk-rock with acoustic guitar, harmonica, driving drums, strings and a monumental chorus. An anthem for the US state of South Dakota, proud, warm, radio quality, clear English diction. [Vocals: male lead vocal] [Lyrics] [Verse 1] Four faces in the granite looking out across the pines Badlands striped in rose and gray like all the ancient lines Pheasants bursting from the corn, the pasque flower in spring South Dakota, you're the open where my heart can sing [Chorus] Faces in the stone, under God the people rule From the Black Hills to Sioux Falls, from the Missouri to the school Bison on the prairie, a hundred thousand strong South Dakota, you're the land I'm leaning on [Verse 2] Crazy Horse is rising from a mountain of his own Deadwood's gold-rush saloons still standing in the stone Wall Drug on the highway and the Sturgis engines roar South Dakota, you're the big sky I was looking for [Chorus] Faces in the stone, under God the people rule From the Black Hills to Sioux Falls, from the Missouri to the school Bison on the prairie, a hundred thousand strong South Dakota, you're the land I'm leaning on [Bridge] Lakota drums and pioneer wagons, both still in the wind South Dakota, where the wide West begins [Chorus] Faces in the stone, under God the people rule From the Black Hills to Sioux Falls, from the Missouri to the school Bison on the prairie, a hundred thousand strong South Dakota, you're the land I'm leaning on