Cowboy At Heart (Duet with Steinar Albrigtsen)

COWBOY AT HEART
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(ANDERSEN/RUSSELL)

I'VE TRIED TO ACT RIGHT - COME HOME EVERY NIGHT
AND PAY ALL THE BILLS OUT ON TIME
TO BE A HUSBAND AND FATHER - WEREN'T MUCH OF A BOTHER
I THOUGHT THAT I HAD IT DOWN FINE
I THOUGHT THAT I HAD IT DOWN FINE

AND THEN ONE DAY A DRINK - OR A STRANGE WOMAN'S WINK
BLOWS THE WHOLE GAME ALL APART
FORGIVE MY DECEIVIN' - FORGIVE ME FOR LEAVIN'
BUT I'M JUST A COWBOY AT HEART
YEAH I'M JUST A COWBOY AT HEART

I DON'T OWN A GUN - I NEVER KILLED ANYONE
I'VE BEEN IN A BRAWL ONCE OR TWICE
THOSE BLIND AND BLACK RAGES - THEY COME ON IN STAGES
WHEN THE BILL COMES DON'T QUESTION THE PRICE
WHEN THE BILL COMES DON'T QUESTION THE PRICE

AND THE LADIES I'VE WRONGED OR HAVE PUT INTO SONGS
THEY'RE WELCOME TO A PIECE OF MY HEART
FOR I WAS CRAZY AND CRUEL - I WAS A JEALOUS OLE' FOOL
JUST AND OLD COWBOY AT HEART
JUST AND OLD COWBOY AT HEART

(CHORUS)
AND MY OLD CHISOLM TRAIL'S JUST A HIGHWAY
THAT ROLLS THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND THE STREETS OF LAREDO IS A BAR
WHERE THE NEON SHINES BRIGHT
BUT A LOT OF OLD MEN STUMBLE ALONE THROUGH THE DARK
AND SOME ARE JUST DRUNKS
AND SOME ARE JUST COWBOYS AT HEART

YES, I MAY BE A ROUNDER, A DRUNK AND A SCOUNDREL
A TELLER OF TALL TALES AND LIES
BUT I'VE SEEN WHAT THE STRAIGHT LIFE DOES TO A MAN
AND I'VE SEEN IT IN TOO MANY EYES
AND I'VE SEEN IT IN TOO MANY EYES

AND AFTER ALL OF MY WINTERS I DON'T WANT TO BE BITTER
LIKE AN ACTOR WHO DREW THE WRONG PART
LIFE'S A BRONC TO BE RODE - I MIGHT KEEP GETTIN' THROWED
I'M JUST A COWBOY AT HEART
I'M JUST A COWBOY AT HEART

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