Old Cowboys Still Like To Sing
I am a non performing songwriter. The lowest of the low.
Lyrics
Old Cowboys Still Like To Sing
Wendy DuMond and Tom Franz
V1
He's an old man now but he once was a rodeo clown
He lives alone in a trailer out on the far side of town
The weeds in his yard are grown-up as high as his hat
He's got an old dog n' some junked cars out back
V2
He goes into the town twice a week in his old truck
He buys milk, Old Granddad, bread and cold cuts
Sits up late at night thinking on a few random things
Takes a pull of whiskey and commences to sing
(Chorus)
He sings about cowboys and the Strawberry Roan
He sings about young soldiers that ain't comin' home
He sings about a woman who got away
Sings about that lonesome place where she lay
He sings about the highway and all those small towns
He passed through then as a rodeo clown
And all through the night, you can hear his voice ring
That’s cause old cowboys they still like to sing
Yeah old cowboys they still like to sing
V3
He had a family once, when he was young
But a time came to choose, and the rodeo won
The work seemed more honest and bulls suffer no fools
Back then the choice did not feel near as cruel
(Chorus)
He sings as an act of sheer desperation
He sings for his own salvation
He sings just to fill the empty spaces
He sings old hymns of mercies and graces
He sings so he won't feel so alone
About passing into the great unknown
And all through the night, you can hear his voice ring
That’s cause old cowboys they still like to sing
Yeah old cowboys they still like to sing
