OLD NASHVILLE COWBOYS
(Arthur Killough / Billy McClelland)


Hank Williams Jr. - 1979





The old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time
He was bent by his years and the fight with the wine
With a head full of music and an old nursery rhyme
A heart full of sadness and dark sunken eyes

He told me they cheated, he told me they stole
The strength from his youth and the songs from his soul
He said he was family till he got too old
And he called them miners, motherlode finders
Digging so deep in search of more gold

Oh, where are the cowboys and the home on the range
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
Now the good guys on TV seem bad, ain't it strange
And the old Nashville cowboy's missed out on the change

The old cowboy's life now is gone with the past
Like the whiskey he drank, it all went down too fast
He didn't know how to make each swallow last
And the head waitress won't be back to fill up his glass

Oh, where are the cowboys and the home on the range
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
Is anyone listening or is everyone blind
Them old Nashville cowboys will sing for a dime
And hard times are cheap at the end of the line






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2012)