[00:01.81]Nelson Willie
[00:04.04]My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
[00:05.81]From Essential Willie Nelson
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[00:07.03]I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy,
[00:14.30]and Lovin' the cowboy ways.
[00:20.40]Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes,
[00:27.03]I burned up my childhood days.
[00:33.31]I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter,
[00:39.38]Don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
[00:45.56]Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,
[00:52.29]With the words of a sad country song.
[00:57.95]My heroes have always been cowboys.
[01:05.77]And they still are, it seems.
[01:10.88]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
[01:17.03]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
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[01:27.12]Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery,
[01:33.66]From being alone too long.
[01:39.33]You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare,
[01:45.46]Knowin' well that your best days are gone.
[01:52.00]Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen,
[01:57.17]I let the words of my years fade away.
[02:03.93]Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories,
[02:09.65]With no one and no place to stay.
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[02:16.20]My heroes have always been cowboys.
[02:23.19]And they still are, it seems.
[02:27.87]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
[02:33.37]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
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[02:39.77]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
[02:45.87]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
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