By Moe Bandy 
 
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Oh I am just a cowboy on my way back to Houston 
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I used to play the rodeos but I can?t play ?em like I used to 
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I?ve given? it up, I?m layin? it down 
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I?ve had enough of bein? a rodeo clown 
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So if you see a tear runnin down my face 
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Don?t ask me why, cause cowboys ain?t suppose to cry 
 
Steel solo 
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Oh I am just a drifter on my way back from Denver 
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I kept ?em laughin from in my barrel but now it seems too hard to handle 
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So I?ve given? it up, I?m layin? it down 
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I?ve had enough of bein? a rodeo clown 
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So if you see a tear runnin? down my face 
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Don?t ask me why, cause cowboys ain?t suppose to cry