It's the sag in the timbers of and abandoned line shack The conspicuous hump of a gray woman's back It's the weeds in the rails of the Burlington track It's the knowing that yesterday can never come back
Like a windmill that's harnessed the breeze for years Till the gusts and the rust have ruined it's gears It's a faded out map from when the steel rails still shown It's a well worn old riding horse that some kid's outgrown
It's time's hand in your pocket taking all that you own It's the Frio Town courthouse left to stand all alone It's the age of the cowboy when there's no old west left Where we go from here boys is anyone's guess I guess
It's a whore's realization that her beauty will spoil It's a wildcatter's nightmare that there is no more oil It's the hills and the parries dissected with roads It's the future, the damned future, and it's and I'll wind that Bodes
It's time's hand in your pocket taking all that you own The gambler's tired eyes when his last card is thrown It's the age of the cowboy when there's no old west left Where we go from here boys is anyone's guess I guess
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The old mountain man has seen his last first snow The dried up old poet he knows his last rhyme has flowed I don't believe things live just to die But I just don't think I'll ever understand why
It's time's hand in your pocket taking all that you own Like the wave robs the shoreline and wind carves the stone It's the age of the cowboy when there's no old west left Where we go from here boys Where the hell are we now boys Wha'll we do now boys is anyone's guess I guess I'd sure hate to guess.