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From: Toughjeep 
To: cowpie@olga.net 
Date: Thursday, May 07, 1998 11:27 AM
Subject: The Cowboy song by Garth Brooks


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Pushin' horns weren't easy like the movie said it was
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and I don't recall no dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs.
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You worked hot and tired and nasty,
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rode your pony's head too low.
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There were all the nights you couldn't sleep
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cause it was too damn cold;
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and you'd sing "Strawberry Roan and "Little Joe".
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Like the time we hit the river and the rain began to fall;
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and the water was risin' so damn fast we thought it'd drown us all.
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We lost a lot of steers that day and four or five good mounts.
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But when all the boys rode into camp we knew that's what counts;
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and we sang "Yippee Tiyiyay" amd "Amazing Grace";
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or the night they broke behind us and then took us by surprise.
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I whistled out to Bonner I seen the terror in his eyes.
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And he rode for all his horse would ride and I know he done his best.
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But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death.
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And we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged Cross".
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So when you see the cowboy he's not ragged by his choice.
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He never meant to bow those legs or put that gravel in his voice.
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He's just chasin' what he really loves and what's burnin' in his soul.
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Wishin' to God that he'd been born a hundred years ago.
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Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe".



This sounds right to me.  Enjoy!  toughjeep@aol.com