Cable Car Cowboy

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Foggy San Francisco two thousand 
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miles from home
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Chasing after a lady I'd like to 
call my own
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I've been out of work since I left 
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my job on the Bar-K cattle ranch
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Where my mamma cried, "Think it 
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over, son, before you take a 
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chance."


And lord, I sure do miss the folks 
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and all those friends of mine
The city's pretty lonely when a 
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man's just killing time
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The people never stop to talk or 
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look you in the eye
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And the buildings there they grow 
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so tall they cover up the sky


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But I went for a job the other day,
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 the man looked me up and down
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He said, "You're a horse-riding 
cowboy who looks like he just hit 
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town
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But if you can swing a rope, I 
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reckon you can ring a bell
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And if a bucking bronc can't throw
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 you off, you’ll hold the curves as
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 well


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Well, I didn't know what he was 
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getting at 'til he took me to this 
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barn
A great big place with high brick 
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walls, not like down on the farm
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Instead of hay and horses, it had 
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cement, steel and tar
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He said, "Hop on board and let me 
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see if you can drive a cable car"


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Well, it looked like a little house
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 with windows all around
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A little room set on the back and 
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steps down to the ground
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A roof and a porch and benches and 
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wheels set on a track
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I'd never seen such a doggone 
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thing, but I didn't tell him that


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So mamma don't you worry, things 
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are really going fine
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I'm working now as a brakeman on 
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the California Line
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And the folks are mighty friendly 
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when they hop on for a ride
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And when it's cold and rainy, my 
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lady loves to ride inside


You can say I'm still a cowboy, it's
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 just a different horse I ride
I round up strays on the city 
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streets and I spend my days outside
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These hills of San Francisco are my
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 own West Texas plains
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And ringing a bell is like singing
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 to those dogies on the range