Even Cowboys Get the Blues

(Brian Hendrix)

Hands down, one of the top-3 songs I've ever written. This one just came to me like a shot in the dark while I was lying down in bed. I hurried up and jotted down a rough outline, and then the song just came together of a cowboy who has accepted his fate of being alone and without love, and the realization that his "loneliness" doesn't make him blue. It's actually other things that make him sad.

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We work mending fences And we've honed all our senses We can tell by the smell, should it rain We've spent many dark nights Hid away from the spotlight For us alone, isn't lonely, it's sane (Chorus) But even cowboys get the blues Sometimes, it's true Like when our horses run off Or there's a scuff on our boots When the cast iron rusts When the drought brings the dust When our hats blow away Or when we forget that tune Yes, we do... Even cowboys get the blues Our hearts hardened over And sometimes we're sober Long enough to reap the seeds that we've sewn Feet up, pickin' guitars We frequent honky tonk bars For the music, and not someone to hold (Chorus) Some women like the mystery But don't know the history That we're just too hard to hold onto And it ain't your fault, babe It's just that this life made For a cowboy ain't crafted for two (Chorus)

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