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Nobody Can Be A Cowboy Forever

from The Dark Room - Tourist Ticket by Bill White

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a superhero for every woman
a hound dog for every man
a chef to do the cooking
and a maid to wash the pans
black paint for the windows
on what used to be a store
a nurse to put you under
when you cant stand it any more

but i remember a time
when you could hop on a train
and go anywhere with anyone
and do anything you liked
no more breakin broncos
no more cattle drives
big sam the coffin builder
was the last one seen alive
ill ride through fields of thyme
across the putple heather
then throw my saddle in the river
because nobody can be a cowboy forever

you cant follow the science if you flunk your physics exams
you cant form an alliance
if youre looking for someone to scrub your back
high speed tains will get you nowhere fast
every river ends at the coast
we are living in a spiral dream
of suicides and ghosts

but i remember a time
when you could hop on a train
and go anywhere with anyone
and do anything you liked
no more breakin broncos
no more cattle drives
big sam the coffin builder
was the last one seen alive
ill ride through fields of thyme
across the putple heather
then throw my saddle in the river
because nobody can be a cowboy forever

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from The Dark Room - Tourist Ticket, released December 3, 2021
written, arranged, and performed by bill white

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