Cowboy

Lyrics

I lived my days as a cowboy For three years, in my youth I rustled cattle in Missouri And brought 'em up to Duluth This one time when I was in Reno Shot a man so I could be like Johnny Cash This other time I was broke and busted I slept on thistles and broke out in a rash I done my traveling I done my traveling From now on, it's just gambling That I'll be doing here, be doing here Well, Texas she was callin' Even back there in Des Monies Some girl or some idea 'Bout a sack full of silver coins Met this Hungarian girl in El Paso Who let mе watch her get dressеd And through my rambling and through my roaming I always loved her the best I done my traveling I done my traveling From now on, it's just gambling That I'll be doing here, be doing here And if I'd never got past Dakota I'd have never seen the Jersey shore Or the great Pacific up to Alaska Where the whales come up from the ocean floor Yeah, but if I never left old Ottumwa I'd just love the Mississippi more Mississippi I'm still a cowboy, I get up early When darkness is in your eye And I like to drink my coffee And watch that sucker rise I watch the clouds roll crazy over Clear up to the heat of noon And the cornfields grinning, waving Shake you right out of your pantaloons Well, I'm back now in El Paso With my mad Hungarian by my side We go rambling when I ain't gambling It's a real good ride I done my traveling I done my traveling From now on, it's just gambling That I'll be doing here, be doing here, whoo