Song Description
A character sketch of an old widower cowboy living along on an old farm.
| Song Length |
4:38 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Cowboy, Age, Aging |
Similar Artists |
George Strait, Willie Nelson |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1980 - 1989 |
Lyrics
Cowboy Song
© Ed Verner 2011
He still wears his cowboy hat
He still goes just where he pleases
He still likes them old cheap bars
He don't change like you and me
He still works a horse and saddle
He still carries a gun
But if the hard times came upon me
Of all I'd call he'd be the one
But he don't have a telephone
He's on his farm all alone
And the ladies think he's crazy
'Cause he don't like small talk
He don't talk much at all
He still wears his wedding band
Though his wife's been dead now thirty years
He still carries that reminder
Of the one who shared his tears
Every now and then I see him
Cashin' crops in the Fall
He's from that fading breed of cowboys
They're what made this country tall
But he don't have a telephone
He's on his farm all alone
And the ladies think he's crazy
'Cause he don't like small talk
He don't talk much at all