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1990Writer(s): Michael MurpheyWhere do cowboys go when they die?Is there a place in the sweet bye and bye?Where the water is clean and the grass grows freeAnd there ain''t a cloud in the sky''What is reincarnation?''A cowboy asked his friendHis friend replied ''Well, sonIt happens when your life has reached its end.''You see, they comb your hair and they wash your neckAnd they clean your fingernailsAnd they you down in a batted boxFar away from life''s trevails.Now the box and you goes in a holeThat''s been dug into the groundAnd reincarnation starts inWhen you''re planted beneath the moundYou see the box melts down just like the clodsWith you is insideAnd then, you''re just beginningOn your transformation ride''Is there a place in the sweet bye and byeWhere do cowboys go when they die?Well, in a while, some rain''s gonna comeAnd fall upon the ground''Til one day on your lonely little graveA little flower will be foundAnd say a hoss should wander byAnd graze upon the flowerThat once was you, but now becomesA vegetative bowerThat little flower that the hoss done ate upWith all his other feedBecomes bone and fat and muscleEssentials to the steedCourse some is consumed that he can''t useAnd so it passes throughFinally, it lays there on the groundThis thing that once was youAnd then say that I should wander byAnd gaze upon the groundAnd wonder and ponderOn this object that I''ve foundWell, it sure makes me think of reincarnationOf life and death and suchAnd I ride away concludin''Slim, you ain''t changed all that muchWhere do cowboys go when they die?Is there a place in the sweet bye and bye?Where the water is clean and the grass grows freeAnd there ain''t a cloud in the sky