My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Live)-Shannon McNally

[00:01.81]Nelson Willie [00:04.04]My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys [00:05.81]From Essential Willie Nelson [00:06.81] [00:07.03]I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy, [00:14.30]and Lovin' the cowboy ways. [00:20.40]Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes, [00:27.03]I burned up my childhood days. [00:33.31]I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter, [00:39.38]Don't you hold on to nothin' too long. [00:45.56]Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them, [00:52.29]With the words of a sad country song. [00:57.95]My heroes have always been cowboys. [01:05.77]And they still are, it seems. [01:10.88]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of, [01:17.03]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams. [01:24.95] [01:27.12]Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery, [01:33.66]From being alone too long. [01:39.33]You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare, [01:45.46]Knowin' well that your best days are gone. [01:52.00]Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen, [01:57.17]I let the words of my years fade away. [02:03.93]Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories, [02:09.65]With no one and no place to stay. [02:14.12] [02:16.20]My heroes have always been cowboys. [02:23.19]And they still are, it seems. [02:27.87]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of, [02:33.37]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams. [02:37.40] [02:39.77]Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of, [02:45.87]Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams. [02:54.35]