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slackeye slim - cowboy's lament lyrics

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when i’m dead and in my grave
and the lord takes me from here
i’ll shoot my gun in heaven
keep on ropin’ steers

well, the crops back home
the d+mn things wouldn’t grow
and the cow fell over dead where she stood

they started shuttin’ down the mines
and the well was runnin’ dry
got hard for a man to earn his keep

and i had me a wife
and i had me a son
i ain’t seen them since i don’t know when

the hardest thing i ever done
was goin’ west to the sun
and knowin’ all along i won’t be back

told ‘еm i’d see ’em soon
truth is, i just had to get away
’cause i got a ramblin’ soul and a driftin’ hеart
and a mighty powerful hunger for good meat
got my six gun at my side
said goodbye
and then i headed out west
to be a cowboy

found a job punchin’ cows
headin’ north from a texas town
it wasn’t long before i got to thinkin’

’bout the money i could make
if i done things my own way
and the earth beneath my feet, it started shakin’

see, for years i’ve tried to hide
a rugged evil in my eye
but anymore i can’t tell what’s wrong and right

so i wandered in a bar with a deck of crooked cards
a man said ‘texas hold ’em?’
and i said ‘godd+mn right’

hold ’em high
better keep ’em where i can see ’em, boy
and then i rode away on his horse
with a pocket full of gold and a photo of his family in my hand
i got back on the trail
and i seen two steel rails
and i asked some feller what he was doin’

said he was buildin’ a road
gonna stretch from coast to coast
said it’d change the future of the west

i figured he was right
and started thinkin’ that i might
have to find a new line of work

told him to keep on workin’
said i got a train to rob
and i can’t very well do that without no rails

keep drivin’ that steel, son
swing that hammer and if you fall over dead
i’ll be sure and give you a good, christian burial

i ain’t no savage
but there’s good, fresh meat around
and i ain’t gonna let it go to waste

i’m a real bad man
but when it comes to this land
it’s about the only thing that i love
i came here for a better life
i left my son and i left my wife
this time i won’t back down without a fight

so ride your big railroad train
across the open range
but if you see me comin’ you better start to worry

traded everythin’ i coulda had
for boots and spurs, a horse and a hat
and i’ll be d+mned if i quit that easy

see, i can’t go home
this here life is all i know
and no matter what happens, i won’t change

’cause i won’t never be nothin’
but a cowboy

- slackeye slim lyrics

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