Waylon Jennings - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

[Shawn]

I grew up a-dreaming of being a cowboy,

Loving the cowboy ways.

Pursuing the life of my high-riding heroes,

I burned up my childhood days.

I learned all the rules of the modern-day drifter,

Don't you hold on to nothing too long.

Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,

With the words of a sad country song.

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My heroes have always been cowboys.

And they still are, it seems.

Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,

Themselves and their slow-moving dreams.

Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery,

From being alone too long.

You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare,

Knowing well your best days are gone.

Picking up hookers instead of my pen,

I let the words of my years fade away.

Old worn-out saddles, and old worn-out memories,

With no one and no place to stay.

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