Lonesome Cowboy

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Written Summer 1993 to include an original song for David Brower’s “Round ‘Em Up” Cowboy Music Anthology published for NPR at KRWG radio station, NMSU, in Las Cruces, NM.

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The lonesome cowboy, he's out on a roam,
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with thirty miles of fence to mend, and today’s grown old.
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He finds a old cotton tree, says: "Guess here tonight I'll be..."
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He throws down his saddle and poke,
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pulls out some hard tack, coffee and a smoke,
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and the frayed-edged letter from Maria…, the only one who wrote.

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The lonesome cowboy, he'll pass the night away,
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The hotel of a million stars, that's where he likes to stay.
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He don't got no house, don't pay no rent. Out on the range, he's so content.
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A new moon’s on the rise, he's searching the starry skies,
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And thinking about Maria, and her boy, who's got his eyes.

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The lonesome cowboy he's tired, he calls it a day.
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Lays down his head to rest, he dreams the night away,
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of Colorado, and pasture sweet, tall green grass, wading through waste deep.
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On his cow horse, with his cow dog, the cowboy, drives 'em on,
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up to Colorado from New Mexico, he's dreaming on and on and on.

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The lonesome cowboy, he'll pass his life away.
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He’ll be riding herd, mending fence, he'll even put up some hay.
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He don't like concrete, it kind of hurts his feet.
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His cowboy boots don’t wear even on a street.
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There's just one thing that he wants, that’s to find the love that he lost.

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He's whispering to the wind, and he sends her his kind thoughts.
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Yea, he's whisperin’ to the wind, and he sends her his kind thoughts.
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Yea, he's whisperin’ to the wind, and he sends her his kind thoughts.

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Going to Maria, Maria... a, a , a, ah... Espero te, siempre, mi amor, mi amor perdido, Maria...

(I'll wait for you, forever, my love, my long lost love, Maria)