Cowboy Boots (Reworked) 01-04-17
You can only go one way with the ticket you hold! A reworking of a co-write with Paul Blackhurst, with vocals by Paul and Cassie Eyles.
Voting member of the U.S. Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Co-writes with many others including Suzi Quatro.
Story behind the song
The pleasure, the hurt, the train - a one-way ticket! Sounds like marriage to me ;)
Lyrics
COWBOY BOOTS ( © Ross Hemsworth/Paul Blackhurst 2015)
IT’S THAT TIME, BETWEEN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT
WHERE RAIL ROADS AND REAL ROADS, MERGE IN THE TWILIGHT
TRAIN ARRIVES AND IT CAN TAKE YOU AWAY
SIXTEEN COACHES LONG AND IT’S LEAVING TODAY
(Chorus)
I’M GOING TO THE END OF THIS LINE
ONE WAY FIRST CLASS AND ON TIME
YOU LYE THERE, I’M STANDING UP IN MY BOOTS
TELLING TALES OF MY ROOTS, BURIED DEEP IN THE DIRT
YOU STOOD THERE BUT LYING UP AT ME TOO
ABOUT WHAT I PUT YOU THROUGH, ALL THE PLEASURE AND HURT
(Repeat Chorus)
Middle 8
AND WE’VE BOTH KNOWN IT FOR SO LONG
IT’S ALRIGHT TO WANT IT TO BE WRONG
AND LIFE, IS JUST A RIDE ON A TRACK
AND YOU CAN NEVER COME BACK, WITH THE TICKET YOU HOLD
THERE’S NO BRAKES, JUST THE SQUEAL THAT THEY MAKE
AND I KEPT MY MISTAKES AND ALL THE LIES THAT I’VE TOLD
Choruses out with ad libs
