Fred Eaglesmith - Rocky The Cowboy Lyrics
Rocky, I'm writing you this letterI'm in the Sunset HomeMy grandkids went and put me hereThey got everything I ownI know you're out in AlbuquerqueI saw Freddie just last weekHe said your eyesight's failing youAnd your mouth's too sore to speakRocky, I've been thinking latelyHow we never got alongHow mostly I was rightAnd sometimes I was wrongRemember that horse we bought in TulsaIt was afraid of the startin' gunYou'd fill his ears full of cottonAnd all the money that we wonRocky, you sure were a good cowboyYou did sure could rope and rideI always told you not to chew that goddamned tobaccoYou coulda listened just one timeThey don't show many Westerns on TV hereThey took away my gunBut I still got that Western saddleThe one we stole from Freddie's son Rocky, I hear that they're fading yaAnd it sure do make me sadI never thought in all my daysYou'd ever end up like thatRemember that trailer in MinnesotaThat axle broke right in twoWe wired it together with four-by-foursAnd we drove the whole night throughRocky, you sure were a good cowboyYou did sure could rope and rideI always told you not to chew that goddamned tobaccoYou coulda listened just one timeSo, Rocky, I'll just sign off nowI've been up most of the nightI just wanted to tell you when I heard the newsIt damned near made me cryRemember that gun we bought in RenoYou shot Freddie right through the handYou wrapped it up in your best Western shirtGave him all the money you hadRocky, you sure were a good cowboyYou did sure could rope and rideI always told you not to chew that goddamned tobaccoYou coulda listened just one timeYou coulda listened just one time
