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The Cowboy Song

Garth Brooks

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The Cowboy Song

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Pushin horns weren't easy like the movie said it wasAnd I don't recall no dance hall girlsOr hotel rooms with rugsYou worked hot and tired and nastyRode your pony's head too lowThere were all the nights you couldn't sleep'Cause it was too damn coldAnd you'd sing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"Like the time we hit the riverAnd the rains began to fallAnd the water was risin' so damn fastWe thought it'd drown us allWe lost a lot of steers that dayAnd four to five good mountsBut when all the boys rode into campWe knew that's what countsAnd we sang, yippie ti yi yay and "Amazing Grace".Or the night they broke behind usAnd then took us by surpriseI whistled out to Bonner, I seen the terror in his eyesAnd he rode for all his horse would rideAnd I know he done his bestBut he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his deathAnd we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged Cross"So when you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his choiceHe never meant to bow them legsOr put that gravel in his voiceHe's just chasin' what he really lovesAnd what's burnin' in his soulWishin' to God that he'd been born a hundred years agoAnd still singing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"
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