{"id":311,"date":"0201-03-07T12:38:00","date_gmt":"0201-03-07T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2023-03-09T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T12:59:01","slug":"lyrics-cowboys-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics Cowboys in Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEE WILLY FLY BY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this suburb of Babylon, they don\u2019t like to wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They kill the messenger \u2018cos the message was late<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kill the child starving at the gate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predicting the rain of the state<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Willy fly by, in the by and by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the never you mind, in the wait and see<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the us and them, in the them and us, in the them and me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s the exception that proves the rule<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All your dreams are a lie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now much will you swallow when Willy flies by?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something rotten round here, nobody forgot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the rest on the bottom, white men still on the top<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walk and talk with Suzie, shoot to cripple and main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoot to kill again and again and again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gonna build me a house, on a mountain so high<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sit in my car and stare up at the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dream is a lie, put it to the test<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One man rising up on the backs of the rest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the backs of his family, all the duds and the Does<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Til the sun melts his wings and down we all go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Willy fly by, in the by and by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the never you mind, in the dollar store light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the there you go, in the wait and see<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the us and them, in the them and us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the should have been me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s the exception that proves the rule<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All your dreams are a lie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See trains all leaving without you, when Willy flies by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUT THERE A WAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With your flagging career<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And your peeling veneer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve still got it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s always big, big money<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big, big thrills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big, big clean-up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And big, big bills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be alright-you\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re a recent divorce from your menagerie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re still standing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re the queen of the ball-warts and all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hang on tight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re going out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there a ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re just out there aways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WACO EXPRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everybody\u2019s on the bandwagon again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get on board the Waco Express again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s got thirteen gears twelve in reverse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A funky mess in a silver purse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everybody\u2019s on the bandwagon again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason why you don\u2019t tell me you love me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason why you don\u2019t tell me you care<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason why you just tower above me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is darlin\u2019 you\u2019re scared<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everybody wants a sure thing these days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody wants to go out on a limb these days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everytime I see you asking for more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You turn into a puddle out on the floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody wants to go out on a limb these days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Repeat 1st verse)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAKE ME TO THE FIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my time expires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take me to the fires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we\u2019ll all go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only way we know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks, I\u2019ll live my life now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not tomorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You won\u2019t see my face<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In so higher place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh dear father, please listen to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve not long to live, standing on this cliff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One side the land lays, but these jagged old rocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are so way for a good man to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offer so redemtions, there\u2019s no takers near<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just you mind your manners, we\u2019ve got company here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve had a feeling about those crusty old men<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure if they\u2019re angels or ghosts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t stake no claim on my last name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it\u2019s time to go, just throw me in that hole<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there I gladly lay, cuz this world wears me out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all these offerings of false gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dogs want my money, the vultures want my eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From where I\u2019m standing I realize<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One side the land lays, but those jagged old rocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are starting to look real good to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Jump you bugger jump!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve felt those flames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throw another one on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re going down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen the lights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve felt those flames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COWBOY IN FLAMES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You feel disgusted and confused<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manipulated and abused<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re not the reason, you\u2019re just the means<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a brutal little lesson in being free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

40 days & 40 nights, out of mind is out of sight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking trash, conspiracies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handing all your weapons to your enemies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I claw at another door and everything will slip away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

> There\u2019s so much money washing round out there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can\u2019t a little bit come my way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uh Uh Uh Oh! PUNISHMENT PUNISHNMENT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earthbound & heaven seat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brainwashed, lobotomised<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowboy in flames, bombs in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Custer\u2019s on the trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His last letter\u2019s in the mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s propaganda, it\u2019s marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oooh General Custard died for your sins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the good old rock where we once stood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has got too old to be much good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the good old ways are sick and lame<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third world on horseback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowboy in Flames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOLLAR DRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is dancing with death in the Dollar Dress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a box in an attic in a run down northern town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a key on the shelf so you can look inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a song that will pick you up and spin you round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A photograph and a letter left behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you prove you\u2019re alive? Do you know where you\u2019re been today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sown into the fabric of your life, washed and mended, worn away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is dancing with death in the dollar dress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hooter sounds and the whole town shakes again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A line of ghosts clock out at the factory gates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cousins, sisters and brothers are spirited home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They block the streets and make the traffic wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will the flag still fly, if the wind don\u2019t blow today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s sown into the fabric of your life, washed and mended, worn away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUT IN THE LIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the night wears on – it gets so black<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the night wears on – it gets so black<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a time you shined like chrome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What turned you into such a hack?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Won\u2019t you tell me why<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks so apealing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks so disguised<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Won\u2019t you tell me why<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It loses it\u2019s charm when its<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out In The Light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiny new car on the showroom floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiny new car on the showroom floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a time you ran so hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What turned you into such a bore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(repeat chorus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My love is an anchor, my heart is a stone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My love is an anchor, my heart is a stone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should ever you wander far and wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope you have the good sense to find your way home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAST TRAIN DOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my way out on a westbound train<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well it gets in my blood – it gets in my brain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say all that you need is a dollar and a dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a lifetime is such a long time to wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the shores of the Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that evil desert town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unseen forces pull us forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m riding that Fast Train Down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spent thirteen years in this old warehouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boxes come in and the boxes go out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I caught my first glimpse of sunlight today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I pinned my hopes on the westbound train<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conductor holds his wallet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while the steward eyes his watch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unseen forces pull us forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019m riding that fast train down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You pull on the arm and the wheels turn round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press on the handle and it all swirls down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Push on the button someone comes to ease your pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you rattle them bones – you\u2019re at it again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So count your winnings, count your losses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawn your trumpet, hock your crown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unseen forces pull us forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m riding that fast train down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DO WHAT I SAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do what I say don\u2019t do what I do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s already one of me and we don\u2019t need two<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drinking all night and sleeping right through the afternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! Do what I say don\u2019t do what I do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday night, sunday morning I\u2019m staring at the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting here waiting \u2019til you stumble in around about half past 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re in trouble, you\u2019re seeing double<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there on of me or two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at you, looking at me, looking at you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I called home I got the ansafone I said \u201cdon\u2019t wait up for me\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I got home full of PBR it was only half past 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bed was empty, the sheets were cold, you forgot what I told you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! Do what I say don\u2019t do what I do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think it\u2019s asking too much that you be here for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You say it\u2019s all double standars & hypocritical old bollocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We drink hard all night \u2018cos we work hard all day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You say you\u2019ll do what I do but you won\u2019t do what I say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE DEATH OF COUNTRY MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My body is a temple safer than a prison<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019ve done some demolition and in a world gone wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Death Of Country Music rattles round the planet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we light a flame and fan it deep int the night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the city casts its shadow we leave the straight and narrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And tomorrow and forever seem so far away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the dancefloor\u2019s overcrowded and the music\u2019s getting louder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People do some breathing while they\u2019re cheating death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight the west is sleeping and the desert will be creeping<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inch by inch across the continent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the bones of country music lie there in their casket<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beneath the towers of Nashville in a black pool of neglect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we cast our nets in the water, dragged the pool and caught \u2018em<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grind \u2018em up and snort \u2018em, deep into the night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we spill some blood on the ashes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the bones of the Jones and the Ca-ashizz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skulls in false eye-lacher whast riders in the sky!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SEE WILLY FLY BY In this suburb of Babylon, they don\u2019t like to wait They kill the messenger \u2018cos the message was late Kill the child starving at the gate Predicting the rain of the state See Willy fly by, in the by and by In the never you mind, in the wait and see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104,"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\/311"}],"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=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}