I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy,
and Lovin' the cowboy ways.
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes,
I burned up my childhood days.
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter;
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,
With the words of a sad country song.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
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,
Knowin' well that your best days are gone.
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen,
I let the words of my youth fade away.
Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories,
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-movin' dreams.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
3 comments:
Thanks for a poignant and most timely post.
yes JL4..is quite good at those.
:-)
Thanks!!
Do you TRY to make me cry every day? Do you wake up every morning and think "gee...I need to make someone bawl at her desk so that all of her co-workers think she's bi-polar"?
Just checking.
If so...your goal has been achieved. You are a winner. Pass the kleenex.
Seriously...brilliant.
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