Cowboy Bill
Garth Brooks

He told a good story

And all us kids listened

'Bout his life on the border

And the way it was then

And we all believed

And when he would finish

We'd ask the old cowboy

To tell 'em again

You could almost hear

Those prairie winds blowing

His saddle a creakin'

Beneath his old faded jeans

You could taste the dry dust

From the trail he was ridin'

As he sat there and painted

Those west Texas scenes

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

He told of a time

When he rode with the rangers

Down on the pecos

And he saved the day

Outnumbered by plenty

They were almost to cover

With thirty banditos

Headed their way

He looked back just in time

To see a horse stumble

The captain went down

And Bill pulled up on his reigns

Through a flurry of bullets

He rescued the captain

They rode for the sunset

Just the story remains

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Well I still remember

The day that it happened

We waited and we waited

But Bill never showed

The folks at the feed store

Said they hadn't seen him

So we set out for his place

Down on old grist mill road

And we cried when we found him

Lying there with his memories

The old trunk wide open

Things scattered about

He was clutching a badge

That said Texas Rangers

And an old yellow letter

Said Texas is Proud

And the grown-ups that told us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

Now... they're all saying

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.


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  'Zat You Santa Clause?   (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays   (There\'s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays   (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays   (Theres No Place Like) Home For The Holidays   8teen   A Friend To Me   A Friend to Me   A New Way to Fly   Against The Grain   Ain't Goin' Down ('til The Sun Comes Up)   Ain't Going Down   Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)   Ain't Going Down / 'Til the Sun Comes Up   Ain't Going Down \/ 'Til the Sun Comes Up   Ain't No Sunshine   Ain\'t Goin\' Down (\'Til The Sun Comes Up)   Ain\'t Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)   Ain\'t Going Down \'Till The Sun Comes Up   Aint Goin Down Till The Sun Comes Up   Aint Going Down   Alabama Clay   All American Kid   All-American Kid   Allison Miranda   American Dream   American Honk Tonk Bar Association   American Honky - Tonk Bar Association   American Honky-Tonk Bar Association   angry all the time   Anonymous   Anonymous [#]   Ask Me How I Know   Baby Jesus Is Born   Baby, It's Cold Outside   Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance   Baton Rouge   Beer Run   Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)   Beer Run (B double E double R UN)   Beer Run (B-Double E-Doube Are You In?)   Beer Run (B-double E-double Are You In?)   Beer Run (B-double E-double Are You In?) (Garth Br...   Beer Run (B-double E-double Are You In)   Beer Run B Double E Doube Are You In   Bellau Wood   Belleau Wood   Big Money   Burnin\' Bridges   Burning Bridges   Butterfly Kisses   Call Me Claus   Callin Baton Rouge   Callin' Baton Rouge   Callin\' Baton Rouge   Calling Baton Rouge   Cat's In The Cradle   Cat's In The Cradle   Changes   Christmas Song   Christmas Song   Cold like That   Cold Shoulder   Cowboy Cadillac   Cowboy Song   Cowboys and Angels   Cowboys and Friends   Cowboys Forever   Cowgirl's Saddle   Cross The River   Dance   Desperado   Digging for Gold   Dixie Chicken   Do What You Gotta Do   Don't Close Your Eyes   Don't Cross The River   Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me   Don\'t Cross The River   Dr. Pepper   Dr. Pepper Commercial   Driftin' Away   Driftin\' Away   Every Now And Then   Everything That I Never Had   Everytime That It Rains   Face to Face   Face to Face [*]   Feliz Navidad   Fish   Fishin' In The Dark   Fit For A King   For A Minute There   For Once In My Life   Friend to Me   Friends In Low Places   Friends In Low Places (Long Version)   Friends in Low Places (LONG)   Friends In Low Places (With 3rd Verse)   Friends in Low Places [Live]   Friends In Low Places Mysterious Third Verse Of Th...   Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places   Garth Brooks - The Dance   Garth Brooks Christmas - The Gift   Go Tell it on The Mountain   God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   Going Down   Good Ride Cowboy   Great Balls Of Fire   Hard Candy Christmas   Hard Luck Woman   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   He Really Loves You   Home for The Holidays   Honky-Tonk Somewhere   Housewife   How You Ever Gonna Know   How You Ever Gonna Know?   I Don't Have To Wonder   I Don't Have to Wonder Anymore   I Don\'t Have To Wonder   I Don\'t Have to Wonder Anymore   I Got Friends In Low Places   I Gots Friends In Low Placez   I Know One   I Will Sail My Vessel   I'd Rather Have Nothing   I'll Be The Wind   I'm Beginning to See the Light   I've Got a Good Thing Going   I've Got Friends In Low Places   If Tomorrow Never Comes   In Another's Eyes   In Another\'s Eye (Duet With Trisha Yearwood)   In Another's Eyes   In Lonesome Dove   Ireland   It Don't Matter to The Sun   It don\'t Matter to the Sun   It's Midnight Cinderella   It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year   It's Your Song   It\'s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year   It\'s Your Song   It's Your Song   Its Midnight Cinderella   Ive Got A Good Thing Going   Katie Wants a Fast One   Kickin' & Screamin'   Kickin' And Screamin'   Kickin\' And Screamin\'   Kurupted Flesh   Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream   Lean On Me   Learning to Live Again   Leave a Light On   Leave The Light On   Let It Snow   Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow   Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!   Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!   Lonesome Dove   Long Neck Bottle   Longneck Bottle   Lost In You   Love Will Always Win   Love Will Always Win [*]   Main Street   Make You Feel My Love   Man Against Machine   Marshmallow World   Mary Had A Little Lamb   Maybe   Maybe   Mayby   Meet Me In Love   Merry Christmas Means I Love You   Midnight Sun   Midnight Train   Mom   More Than A Memory   More Then a Memory   Mr Blue   Mr Right   Mr. Blue   Mr. Midnight   Mr. Right   Much To Young To Feel This Damn Old   Much Too Young   Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)   Much Too Young (too Feel This Damn Old)   Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old   My Baby No Esta Aqui   My Baby No Esta Aqui No More   My Love Tells Me So   New Way To Fly   Night Rider's Lament   Night Rider\'s Lament   Nobody Gets Off in This Town   Not Counting You   O Little Town Of Bethlehem   On a Prayer   One Night A Day   One Night Away   Papa Loved Mama   People Loving People   Please Operator   Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)   Pure Adrenaline   Pushing Up Daisies   Red Stroke   Red Strokes   Right Now   Rodeo   Rodeo and Juliet   Rodeo Or Mexico   Rollin   Rollin'   Sail My Vessel   Same Old Story   Santa Baby   Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy   Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy   Santa Looked alot Like Daddy   Send 'Em On Down The Road   Shameless   She Don't Care About Me   She's Every Woman   She's Gonna Make It   She's Tired of Boys   She's Every Woman   She´s Every Woman   Shes Every Woman   Shes Gonna Make It   Silent Night   Silver Bells   Sleigh Ride   Snow in July   Something With A Ring To It   Something With a Ring to It [#]   Somewhere Other Than The Night   Somewhere Other Then The Night   Squeeze Me In   Squeeze Me In (Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood)   Standing Autside The Fire   Standing Outside The Fire   Tacoma   Take The Keys To My Heart   Tearin' It Up   Tearin' It Up (and Burnin' It Down)   Tearin' It Up (And Burning It Down)   Tearin\' It Up (And Burnin\' It Down)   Tearin\' It Up And Burning It Down   That Girl Is A Cowboy   That Ol Wind   That Ol' Wind   That Summer   That's The Way I Remember It   That\'s The Way I Remember It   The Man With the Bag   The Beaches Of Cheyenne   The Change   The Christmas Song   The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ...   The Cowboy Song   The Dance   The Fever   The Friendly Beast   The Friendly Beasts   The Gift   The Night I Called The Old Man Out   The Night Will Only Know   The Old Man's Back in Town   The Old Man\'s Back in Town   The Old Stuff   The Red Strokes   The River   The Storm   The Thunder Rolls   The Thunder Rolls (long Version)   The Thunder Rolls (LONG)   The Thunder Rolls W3rd Verse   The Thunder Rolls with Fourth Verse   The Wise Men's Journey   Thicker Than Blood   This Ain't Tennessee   This Aint Tennessee   This Ani\'t Tennessee   Thunder Rolls   To Make You Feel My Love   To Make You Feel My Love - From The Movie Hope Flo...   Twin Flags   Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House   Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House   Two Of A Kind Workin\' On A Full Horse   Two Of A Kind Workin\' On A Full House   Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House   Two Of A Kind,Workin'on A Full House   Two Pina Colada's   Two Pina Coladas   Two Pina Colladas   Ugly Christmas Sweater   Unanswered Prayers   Under The Table   Unsigned Letter   Unto You This Night   Uptown Down-home Good Ol' Boy   Uptown Down-home Good Ol\' Boy   Victim Of The Game   Walking After Midnight   Way of the Girl   We Bury The Hatchet   We Shall Be Cree   We Shall Be Free   Weekend   What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?   What Child is This   What Child Is This?   What Child Is This?   What I'm Thankful For The Thanksgiving Song   What She's Doing Now   What She\'s Doing Now   Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy   Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy [*]   When There's No One Around   When There\'s No One Around   When You Come Back to Me Again   When You Come Back to Me Again [From Frequency]   When You Come Back to Me Agian   Where Your Road Leads   Which One Of Them   Which One of Them [#]   Whiskey To Wine   White Christmas   White Flag   Why Ain't I Running   Why Ain\'t I Running   Wild As The Wind   Wild As The Wind(The Duet With Trisha Yearwood)-Li   Wild Horses   Winter Wonderland   Wolves   Workin' For a Livin'   Wrapped Up In U By Garth Brooks   Wrapped Up In You   Wrapped Up In You (Long Version)   Wrong About You   You Can't Help Who You Love   You Can't Help Who You Love   You Move Me   You Wreck Me   Your Song   Zat You, Santa Claus?

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