Brooks Garth - Cowboy Bill lyrics

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

And when he would finish

We'd ask the old cowboy

To tell 'em again

You could almost hear

Those prairie winds blowing

His saddle a creakin'

'neath his old faded jeans

You could taste the dry dust

From the trail he was ridin'

As he sat there and painted

Those west texas scenes

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

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 30 banditos

Headed their way

He looked back just in time

To see a horse stumble

The captain went down

And Bill pulled up on his reigns

Through a flurry of bullets

He rescued the captain

They rode for the sunset

Just the story remains

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Well I still remember

The day that it happened

We waited and we waited

But Bill never showed

The folks at the feed store

Said they hadn't seen him

So we set out for his place

Down on old grist mill road

And we cried when we found him

Lying there with his memories

The old trunk wide open

Things scattered about

He was clutching a badge

That said Texas Rangers

And an old yeller letter

Said "Texas is Proud"

And the grown-ups that told us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

Now... they're all saying

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.