Cowboy Bill

[Verse 1] 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 him and when he would finish We'd ask the old cowboy to tell 'em again [Verse 2] An' you could almost hear those prairie winds blowin' His saddle a-creakin', 'neath his old faded jeans An' you could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin' As he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes [Chorus] And the grown-ups would tell us, you boys keep your distance That old man's just tellin' you lies But to all us kids, Cowboy Bill was a hero Just as true as his blue Texas skies [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] And he looked back just in time to see a horse stumble The captain went down, and Bill pulled up on his rains And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain And they rode for a sunset, just the story remains [Chorus] And the grown-ups would tell us, you boys keep your distance That old man's just tellin' you lies But to all us kids, Cowboy Bill was a hero Just as true as his blue Texas skies [Verse 5] Well I still remember the day that it happened We waited and we waited, but Bill never showed And the folks at the feed store said they hadn't seen him So we set out for his place, down Old Grist Mill Road [Verse 6] And we cried when we found him lyin' there with his memories The old trunk wide open, things scattered about An' he was clutchin' a badge that said Texas Ranger And an old yeller letter, said, "Texas Is Proud" [Chorus] And those grown-ups that told us, you boys keep your distance That old man's just tellin' you lies Now, they're all sayin' that Cowboy Bill was a hero Just as true as his blue Texas skies [Outro] Just as true, as his blue Texas skies