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Whoever's Playin' the Cowboys
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It's not the football team, but the FANS that drive me freakin' nuts
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Genre
Podcasts Comedy
Charts
Peak #98
Peak in subgenre #42
Author
MaryK
Rights
1996, 2003
Uploaded
February 21, 2004
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MP3
MP3 2.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
In January 1996, the Cowboys were headed for the Super-Bowl again, and there were so many rabid fans in eastern Oklahoma where I lived that I had to write something in retaliation... or self-defense
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I like to watch football, though I'm really not a fan I don't follow the season, just cach a game when I can Some people live for football, which I don't understand My favorite team is whoever's playin' the Cowboys. Whoever's playin' the Cowboys, that's my favorite team They can run 'em up the middle, or pass 'em in between Don't care what color their jersey is, I like 'em lean and mean And my favorite team is whoever's playin' the Cowboys. How can they call themselves Cowboys when they've got no horse to ride That's why I cheer for the others, and hope they turn the tide When they sack the quarterback and run him out offsides My favorite team is whoever's playin' the Cowboys. Whoever's playin' the Cowboys, that's who I like today Whether it's the Superbowl or just pre-season play I don't care if it's the worst team ever, still I say That my favorite team is whoever's playin' the Cowboys. (Inst.) Somebody beating the Cowboys, that's what I like to see On a tiny black-and-white or on a big-screen color TV Somebody's losing a bet somewhere, but it's not gonna be me 'Cause my favorite team is whoever's playin' the Cowboys.
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