{"id":302,"date":"2021-03-07T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2023-03-09T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T12:59:59","slug":"__trashed-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics \u2026 To The Last Dead Cowboy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To sweet to die<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to the devil and all his cockroaches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019ll raise our glass today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but before we sip this poisened wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we will kneel and pray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that bastard says come and get it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the drugs and the money\u2019s right here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but where was he when I needed him<\/p>\n\n\n\n

downtown drinking beer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oh we\u2019re too sweet to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019ll be buried alive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the lipstick on my shirt says<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019re too sweet to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you threw me out the limo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i fell and smashed my head<\/p>\n\n\n\n

stumbled to the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and sank to the river bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

down there with the roots and weeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was dragged along for a while<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hair like shellery winters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

night of the hunter style<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but up up up oes love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

down down down goes hate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you led me up the garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and left me by the pearly gates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

we all knew things had to get better<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if we kept acting rattional and sane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

now i can see the clouds on the horizon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the sun ripens corn across the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shares are rising on the stock exchange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

people making hay while the sun shines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cos bad times are coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you might need a drink<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but you don\u2019t need a weather vane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

black slaves shipped here in their millions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

worked and died til freedom was won<\/p>\n\n\n\n

now you look around for that freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

see it slipping down the barrel of a gun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

white men in grey suits lose all direction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

white men in hood are back again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ruinning in the 96 election<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

board up your window<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it might be a hurrican<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yuppies come and gentrify your neighbourhood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

crusties say they fight it to the end<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no one askes the black or the lationo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bad times coming round again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if you don\u2019t change your mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if you don\u2019t change your mind I\u2019ll change it for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if you don\u2019t really mind, I\u2019ll take it from here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

there\u2019s no use resisiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m coming your way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019ve been confined for an eternity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

going to roll into this sleepy town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

going to turn this motel upside down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the old men are smiling across the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

makes \u2018em feel like they\u2019re in the 9know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you complained about this dusty town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you got your law and your order now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

whisperin in my ear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019ve smelled the glory and i\u2019ve asked for money<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019ve seen the screenplay and i\u2019ve been hooked<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you\u2019re going down now for a count of thirteen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just pretend you never looked<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the age of fourteen the city called me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

called my bluff, called me a fool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

now i feel like i\u2019m ninety seven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and you\u2019re still taking me at school<\/p>\n\n\n\n

late at night as I sit drinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i start to see things clearer still<\/p>\n\n\n\n

though i\u2019ll never be in your company<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you\u2019re always whispering in my ear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cold calling i a tuxedo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and cancassing in a sequined gown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

those last minutes alterations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

she\u2019s gonna take me right to town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

harm\u2019s way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i slipped out the back door as the ambulance arrived<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i would\u2019ve liked to tell \u2018em my story, but i know i would\u2019ve lied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so i pawned my sister\u2019s dfiamond ring, got on the greyhound\u2019s back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i figured with a little leeway i must just get on track<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and i\u2019m just trying to stay out of harm\u2019s way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by the time i got to chicago i thought i had something to sell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but the deal fell through as they alwas do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ce\u2019es la vie what the hell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

every time i think of my baby working in that old coalmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i feel so goddam guilty i almost change my mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

red door<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the top of the stairs is a red door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

she locks it behind her each night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i sit on the stoop at the druggists<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and wonder who shut out the lights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the top of the stairs is a red door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

on the night stand sits a black phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it\u2019s been years since she disconnected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but there\u2019s one more way to be alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

she used to drink sour mash whiskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and dance on her toes until dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nobody knows why she went away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and where all the music was gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the end of the road is a dancehall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they boarded it up years ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the laudanum drafts are all dry now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but there\u2019s one more way to be alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the top of the stairs is a red door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

someday I\u2019ll tear that thing down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but for now i\u2019ll just sit and wait for the daylight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and there\u2019s no way to be alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lake of vinegar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

please don\u2019t fall in love tonight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just go on home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a sober man gives up the fight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if he\u2019s got someplace to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i never get the message that\u2019s washed up on the sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i wake up in some strange place and there\u2019s a bottle in my hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019m grateful for your company please sponge my brow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and soak me in cold water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

there\u2019s a taste so sour i can\u2019t wash from my mouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

across the lake of vinegar i rowed my boat so far<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but never caught her<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the night was dark, she was nowhere to be found<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i never got the message that\u2019s washed up on the sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i wake up in some strange place and there\u2019s a bottle in my hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

take off my clothes and take me in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019m sick and lonely, so in need of shelter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

don\u2019t let me be misunderstood again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so drowned in drink i nearly fell over the heels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to kiss the captain\u2019s daughtrer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and now i can\u2019t explain about a thing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

k.t.tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

if i was you eaving,i\u2019d leave in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and not even wait for goodbye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no, don\u2019t you just stand there fumbling your words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i don\u2019t wanna see those packed up leaving eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cos you walked all over may heart last night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and we reached new heights of pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

don\u2019t wait to hear my side of things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cos i\u2019d be beggin you to come back again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you followed my lead, and you packed up your bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

took a train far away from me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to see if she knew where you might be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

she said son i\u2019ve lost Katie ever since she was nine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i think you better come in and sit down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you look a good man don\u2019t blame yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019ll tell you really why my little girl left town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oh, we don\u2019t have toi say in our in our in laws<\/p>\n\n\n\n

now there\u2019s an old man who sits behind bars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

seemed he always had the eye for pretty young girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and my Katie she bears al his scars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so if i was you leaving i\u2019d leave in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and not even wait for goodbye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no, don\u2019t you just stand there fumbling your words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i don\u2019t wanna see those packed up leaving eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cos they\u2019ve trampled all over your heart before<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and there\u2019s no way to switch off the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but there\u2019s one man right here to take you away from fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and i\u2019m beggin for you to come back again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sometimes i wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

you never believe me, even when i tell the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and as the lights are turned off in a humble home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a band plays out of tune<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you never console me, even though i throw the fight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and you wonder aloud where we bother<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to crawl to the same bed each night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that\u2019s what she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and without a tear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sometimes i wonder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what i\u2019m doing here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

my dear as you\u2019re sleeping so you dream of the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when the sun is so bright and the sky so clear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you can dodge what\u2019s headed your way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to the last dead cowboy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019m a careless, hopeless, hard drinkin man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

frightened of the thunder and the cold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

many times you\u2019ve seen out there on the land<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019m a man who died long time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019m a man who died long time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the trail is hard, but it leads everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

out in the desert glare i pull my hat down over my eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

jyxpnotised by the image on the screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that shirt so wh\u00edte and clean, silver pistosl at his side<\/p>\n\n\n\n

take a trip to the wide open spaces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

looking for the traces of the wild frontier\u2019s call<\/p>\n\n\n\n

riding out, feel the rain on your faces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

through familiar places, thr truckstop and the mall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

this country starts to look and sound the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n

there\u2019s a singerr on the radio and i don\u2019t like his name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019ll ride the range, paint the town red on the weekends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while the bankers and the lawyers drive our country to the wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the four winds blow so i turn up my collar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

buy a burger for a dollar, it\u2019s the final cattle call<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ Bill the Cowboy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the last president of the United States that\u2019s $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

standing under the gallows tree $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a quite man with dignity $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

skulls and bones and history $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

finish the puzzle attach the muzzle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the white heat of techology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

will you take a kiss from these yellow gypsy lips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

will you take one last ride with me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

he\u2019s the one-eyed jack in the pyramid that\u2019s $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from halloween to halloween $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

he\u2019ll run from here to eternioty $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

standing under the gallows tree $ Bill the cowboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take one last ride, take one last ride with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

will you take one last ride with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

will you take a kiss from these yellow gypsy lips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty tuff union made<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

from the country to the town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

police and bosses held us down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

back at the start when the ground was laid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i don\u2019t think the king woke up one morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

said all people should be better paid (no)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

things were bad but things got changed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

one long struggle day by day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that\u2019s how we got to live this way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

risked a lot to live like humans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

locked out, beaten and defamed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no one said it was gonna be easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cowards cringe an traitors sneer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

liker the class war never happened here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but don\u2019t forget as the future fades<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plenty tough union made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

our rewards are not in heaven (ptum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

weak apart and strong together (ptum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

devided we fall, united we stand (ptum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

working woman and working man (ptum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we\u2019re not waiting for judgement day (ptum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bully<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(by Bedlam Rovers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

feet don\u2019t fail me now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from mouth to floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

choose the pedal and stick there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and the shoulders have no head<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and i have no core and long to pull over and sleep there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the flesh it\u2019s awrinkle I didn\u2019t expect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when did the journey become such a chore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the bully\u2019s been picking fights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pinching and chapping hides<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and leaving nasty clues on dressing rooms walls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and that\u2019s not all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

trust a tall shepherd when ypu\u2019re lame and bleating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

been bruised so badly it\u2019s not worth reperating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are my cheeks red?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and i forgive you for everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that respectable suit hangs ragged and loose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it\u2019s ahazard it fits you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and the pupil shines without distractions and dots and lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

painted rosy and damn that must get you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

careful what you\u2019re backed into<\/p>\n\n\n\n

down like a hawk to peck you to pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

questioned wach action and kept you from speaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are my cheeks red?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i forgive you for everything\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but i\u2019ll forgive you for everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To sweet to die to the devil and all his cockroaches we\u2019ll raise our glass today but before we sip this poisened wine we will kneel and pray that bastard says come and get it the drugs and the money\u2019s right here but where was he when I needed him downtown drinking beer oh we\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}