How The West Was Swung

Lyrics

Tell me son, how was the west swung? [Verse 1] He jumped in his saddle the day he was born His life's been a tail of dust trails and horns At night he lay under a blanket of stars To fight off the blues he'd strum his guitar [Pre-Chorus: Ray Benson, Ray Benson & Band] So tie up your horses and take off your guns And I'll show you how the west was swung [Chorus: Ray Benson, Ray Benson & Band, Band] That's how the west was swung (Ooh) That's where it all came from The soul of a cowboy, the song in his heart The coyote wailin' somewhere in the dark (Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) Yippee-ki-yay just rolled off his tongue And that's how the west was swung Ah! [Verse 2: Ray Benson, Band] Songs of haciendas and sleepy afternoons (Ooh, Ooh) Echo through the canyons to serenade the moon (Ooh, Ooh) A few notes started strayin' and they moseyed right along (Ooh, Ooh) From Amarillo down to old San Antoine (Ooh, Ooh) [Pre-Chorus] So tie up your horses and take off your gun And I'll show you how the west was swung [Chorus: Ray Benson, Ray Benson & Band, Band] That's how the west was swung (Ooh) That's where it all came from The soul of a cowboy, a song in his heart The coyote wailin' somewhere in the dark (Ooh) Yippee-ki-yay just rolled off his tongue And that's how the west was swung Yeah boy, that's how the west was swung! Yeah!