Another Song About Cowboys
An unabashed tribute to some American icons...
Ally Piermarini---
Singer, Songwriter
Still at it. Sometimes I can hardly believe it myself...Forty years and thousands of gigs...and I'm still doing it pretty much as I've always done.
Story behind the song
Watched a lot of TV as a kid.....mostly westerns
Lyrics
ANOTHER SONG ABOUT COWBOYS
I WAS WORKIN' NEAR BOSTON, IN A SMALL LOCAL BAR
A GUY WAS BENDIN' MY EAR, AS I TUNED MY GUITAR
BUT IT WAS OKAY WITH ME, AFTER ALL, HE WAS BUYIN' THE BEER
THEN HE SAID TO ME “SONNY, I HAVE HEARD YOU BEFORE”,
STUFFED A TEN IN MY POCKET, AND SAID "SING ME ONE MORE,
AND I THINK YOU MIGHT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO HEAR"
HE SAID "HEY, COULD YOU PLAY ANOTHER SONG ABOUT COWBOYS,
RIDIN' THE RANGE FAR AND WIDE”?
“HEY, WOULD YOU PLAY, ANOTHER SONG ABOUT COWBOYS,
YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL COWBOYS INSIDE".
THEN I THOUGHT OF GENE AUTRY, AND HOPPY AND ROY
ALL THOSE HEROES I WORSHIPPED, WHEN I WAS A BOY
THOUGH I KNEW EVEN THEN, THE OLD WEST WASN'T REALLY THAT WAY
YET IT SEEMS WE REMEMBER, ONLY LEGENDS, NOT TRUTH
AND THE LEGENDS REMAIN, EVEN LONG PAST OUR YOUTH
AND THEN I UNDERSTOOD, WHY IT WAS THAT AN OLD MAN MIGHT SAY
(CHORUS)
YIPPEE-I-TI-YO SING IT SOFT, SING IT LOW
SOMETHIN' SAD FOR A TIME LONG GONE BY
THOUGH THE LEGENDS LIVE ON, ALL THOSE HEROES ARE GONE
BUT THE SONGS KEEP THEIR MEM'RIES ALIVE
NOW I THINK THERE'S JUST SOMETHIN' INSIDE EVERY MAN
MAKES HIM KEEP CHILDISH THINGS JUST AS LONG AS HE CAN
CAUSE IT SEEMS ALL TOO SOON, HE MUST GROW UP, AND PUT THEM AWAY
NOW THE COWBOY'S A SYMBOL OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE FREE
AS I'M SURE IN OUR HEARTS WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE
SO WE CLING TO THE SPIRIT, AND SING TI-YIPPEE-TI-AY
(CHORUS)
