I Am Not The Only Cowboy
Josh Joplin Group
The Future That Was
Standard Tuning

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Cadd9 x32033
D     xx0232

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And it starts like this we crave to be kissed
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by a moment complete in its happiness
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Far away from the things that we wish to escape
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that lead us to think we are not awake
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We are ourselves despite ourselves
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this place gets smaller as the universe swells
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We come to terms eventually, eventually, eventually.
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I am not the only cowboy in this one horse metaphor
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And I am not the only life guard who's washed up on the shore

CHORUS:
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Wake me up take me out
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Calm me down when I'm in doubt
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And I'm in doubt
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Everyday


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And words are like weight with density and shape modifying forms they evaporate
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You can choose the truth you can listen to light
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you can lead the charge and still loose the fight
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Far be it for me to claim anything
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for I am just one in a state of being
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I come to terms eventually, eventually, eventually
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I am not the only proverb that never really fits
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And I am not the only Caulfield who's catching more than kids

CHORUS
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And so it ends as it begins as everything that is infinite ascends
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Into it's time all things pass all things fade all things last
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You are yourself despite yourself
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this world grows smaller as the universe swells
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We come to terms eventually, eventually, eventually
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I am not the only boxer that hasn't words to write
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And I am not the only poet who's much too scared to fight

CHORUS
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And it starts like this we crave to be kissed
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by a moment complete in its happiness
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We are ourselves, eventually, eventually, eventually
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I am not the only cowboy in this one horse metaphor


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