Story Behind The Song
How the lifestyle of a cowboy has changed from wide open spaces to city living. How nobody has time for him now but everyone looked after everyone else back in the old days.
Song Description
Modern living is not all good where life is so fast that nobody has time for anyone else.
| Song Length |
3:55 |
Genre |
Country - Cowboy, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
History, Past, Change |
| Similar Artists |
Clint Black, Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Sign of The Times ©1999
Verse
Mountains, valleys and prairies, were the playgrounds of my youth.
My mommy and daddy had time for me, we were wealthy cos' we had a roof.
I spent all my days in the open air, I never seemed to have a dime.
But now just to get by from week to week, seems such an uphill climb.
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Chorus
It's a sign of the times that my life has changed the life of the cowboy has gone.
It's engines & gasoline not cattle drives with nothing to hang values on.
It's just a sign of the times.
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Verse
My friends in the old days were eagles and coyotes, when the Buffalo still roamed the plains.
We'd spend all our nights round an open fire, shooting tin cans and playing games.
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Chorus
It's a sign of the times that my life has changed the life of the cowboy has gone.
It's engines & gasoline not cattle drives with nothing to hang values on.
It's a sign of the times that we travel the world, before you know you've changed your time zone.
You spend hours in airports, planes and cars just to find that there's no place like home.
I miss those old times when we'd sit on the porch with neighbours and just shoot the breeze.
Now I'm a city boy and I'm getting old & nobody sees to my needs.
It's just a sign of the times.
It's just a sign of the times.
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