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[Verse 1]
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His mother was a snake
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His father was a scarecrow
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Born in the desert with his hat on his head
Never missed a shot
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Sharp as a Pharaoh
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Tequila in the sunrise
The desert was his bed
Now he could dance the barn dance
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Like nobody before him
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But no woman would take him
'Cos his eyes were rather strange
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In them you could see the emptiness of the desert
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Yellow like a scarecrow
Black like a snake

[Chorus]
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He was a voodoo cowboy
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And he had never found a girl to call his own
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Uh on and on and on
That lonely cowboy
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But a cowboy's never really
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Cowboy's never really alone
(whistling)
Really alooone

[Verse 2]
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He had a horse
Whose name was Plenty
And they saw things no man or beast should ever see
Out in the redness
Out in the empty
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Where ghost and spirits walk around like you and me-e-e
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He met a girl
Called Annabelle
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And she was just the prettiest thing he'd ever seen
Under a lake at the edge of the world
He met a girl
Walking through the edges of his dreams

[Chorus 2]
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(Because you see,) He was a voodoo cowboy
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And he was following a psychedelic stream
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On and on and on
That lonely cowboy
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But a cowboy's never really
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Cowboy's never really deceived
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really deceived

[Verse 3]
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So they rode down
Under the water
And the sunset made a fire above his head
In search of warmth in search of love
In search of heaven above
But all he felt was cold
And all he touched was wet
But he could see her down a little bit deeper
And all he wanted was to hold her to his chest
So he reached down and she reached up
And he touched her
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And she drew him in
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And kissed him as he breathed his final breath
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Because you see

[Chorus 3]
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He was a voodoo cowboy
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And he had finally found a girl to call his own
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On and on and on
Lucky lucky cowboy
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Because cowboy's almost always
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Cowboys almost always die alone
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Dieeeeeya aloooooneee