Cowboy Bill

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He told a good story and all us 
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kids listened
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'Bout his life on the border and 
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the way it was then
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And we all believed, and when he 
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would finish
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We'd ask the old cowboy to tell em 
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again
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You could almost hear those 
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prairie winds blowin'
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His saddle a creakin' 'neath his 
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old faded jeans
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You could taste the dry dust from 
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the trail he was ridin'
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As he sat there and he painted 
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those west Texas scenes


[Chorus]

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    And the grown ups would tell us
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    You boys keep your distance,
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    that old man's just tellin' you
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 lies
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    But to all us kids
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    Cowboy Bill was a hero
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    Just as true as his blue Texas 
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skies


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[Verse 2]

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He told of a time when he rode with
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 the Rangers
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Down on the Pecos and he saved the 
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day
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Outnumbered by plenty, they were 
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almost to cover,
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With thirty banditos headed their 
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way
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He looked back just in time to 
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see a horse stumble,
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The captain went down and bill 
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pulled up on his reins
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And through a flurry of bullets he 
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rescued the captain,
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They rode for a sunset, just the 
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story remains


[Chorus]

Dm  C/E     F
    And the grown ups would tell us
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    You boys keep your distance,
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    that old man's just tellin' you
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 lies
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    But to all us kids
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    Cowboy Bill was a hero
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    Just as true as his blue Texas 
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skies


[Verse 3]

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Well, I still remember the day that
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 it happened
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We waited and waited, but Bill never
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 showed
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And the folks at the feedstore said
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 they hadn't seen him
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So we set out for his place down 
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Old Grist Mill Road
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And we cried when we found him 
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lying there with his memories
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The old trunk wide open things 
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scattered about
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And he was clutching a badge that 
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said Texas Ranger,
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And an old yeller letter said 
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"Texas is Proud"


[Chorus]

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   And the grown ups that told us
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    You boys keep your distance,
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    that old man's just tellin' you
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 lies
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   Well now they're all sayin'
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    Cowboy Bill was a hero
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    Just as true as his blue Texas 
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skies