Intro
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Verse
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When I was young and just a boy
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I Had myself a dream
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I'd get a horse and ride the range
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With Roy and Gene
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We'd save the girl in the nick of time
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And have the fastest guns
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Sing a song while the credits rolled
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And disappear into the setting sun
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I didn't want to play football
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Or be a business man
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All I ever really wanted to do was play in a cowboy band
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So give me a guitar
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And some shined up boots
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And I'll show you where I stand
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Somewhere out on the Navajo trail
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Playin' in a cowboy band
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Verse
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When I was nine I stood in line
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To see Merle and The Strangers play
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But when the show was over and the lights went down
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I climbed up on that stage
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I looked at all those vacant seats
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and I just had to smile
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'Cause I knew one day that I would play
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and they'd be dancin' in the aisles
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So give me a guitar
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And some shined up boots
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And I'll show you where I stand
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Somewhere out on the lone prarie
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Playin' in a cowboy band
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Bridge
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Listen to the rhythm of the bass and drums
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(Eh-EEH Eh-EEH) It sounds like cowboys on the run (Woo hoo-OOooh)
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So give me a guitar
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And some shined up boots
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And I'll show you where I stand
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Somewhere out on the stage tonight
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Playin' in a cowboy band
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And I just might be in your hometown tonight
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Playin' in a cowboy band
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Outro
In a cowboy
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band
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Ye-heeeee
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In a cowboy
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band ye
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(Fade out)