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Colorado Cowboy
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A song about a wandering cowboy a long, long time ago...
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Just another singer/songwriter. I play all my own instruments (except drums) and record on a Boss BR1200CD standalone multi-track recorder
Just an old Back To The Land hippie that stuck to his plan.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Americana
Charts
Peak #48
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Charlie Williams
Rights
2005
Uploaded
February 13, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 4:08
Story behind the song
I used to live in Tucson and wondered what it would have been like to be a cowboy 150 years earlier when there were no roads or fences...
Lyrics
He was layin' out on the prairie..his campfire burnin' low... Ain't no need to hurry..he got no where's to go Maybe to the south where the sun is warm get some refried beans and Mexican corn.. (CHORUS) He's a cowboy..Colorado Cowboy He got a buckskin horse right near by, grazin' in the ol' moonlight... Somethin' 'bout the sound of the river...makes him feel alright...he's thinkin' 'bout a sweet little seniorita..the sound of guitars and a shot of tequila.. CHORUS HARP SOLO Well there's a coyote howlin' out in the hills singin' that lonesome song.. But somethin' about it..it gives him a thrill..he knows it won't be long.. 'Til he's up on his horse in the mornin' sun..hot on the trail of some goodtime fun.. CHORUS Maybe some day he gonna settle down..find a place to be happy..just hangin' around..he's a cowboy...Colorado Cowboy.. yeah he's a cowboy...Colorado Cowboy.
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Bob Forbes
May 11, 2016
Country tune for the trail ;) Catchy two-stepper Charlie!
Michael Duran
Nov 18, 2015
Checkin out yer back pages pard and found this little beauty ;)
Roger John
Feb 13, 2012
Great Cowboy song. Great one pinecats. really nice HArmonica. I get one of those double layered harmonicas. All good on this one.
Kevin Miller
Mar 30, 2009
These lyrics and melody take me right to the southwest. Words you can sink teeth into. Great song!