Bow your head and close your eyes
there's no getting' off this ride
With a blanket wrapped around your skin
You're shakin' like a leaf my friend
You never found your peace in life
this double edge has cut you twice
Snortin' up your dollar bills
until your heart's too numb to feel
And he played me a song about a cowboy way out west,
His heart was dying' faster than a snakebite to the chest,
And he sang in such detail every word a goddamn sin,
Then he turned his horse and rode off in this old El Paso wind.
In your boots I've walked a mile,
To figure out why you don't smile
From all the books I've ever read
It's nothin' like your mother said
Some folks were made to stand alone
Born with blood that must run cold
Well friend I hope you find your means
While chasin' down your crazy dreams.
And he played me a song about a cowboy way out west,
His heart was dying' faster than a gunshot to the chest,
And he sang in such detail I began to feel like him,
Then he turned his horse and rode off in this old El Paso wind.
He turned his horse and rode off in this damn El Paso wind.