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