A Cowboy Was Born Cifras

[Intro]
 
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[Verse]
 
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She was holding her breath
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And he attempted a prayer
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And he was cussing the dust rising up in the air
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Cause the old cattle trail, well, it weren't anywhere
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For a baby to draw its first breath
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And the unbroken West
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Well, it was no place to live
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Cause it was hard to survive
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And it was Hell if you did
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So he entered this world with a pair of clenched fists
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And the first and last tears he'd shed
 
[Chorus]
 
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And the longhorns lowed him a welcome
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As a new voice cried from the buckboard
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And the Irish, they sang sad and lonely
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Cause they knew a cowboy was born
 
[Verse]
 
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Well, the prairie closed in
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And a century passed
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The settlers plowed under, the tall prairie grass
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And the cow town's died off in a world changing fast
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But the wind kept the spirit alive
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Cause a young boy in Kansas, he caught a breeze one day
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And in a five-second rush, he was fighting for eight
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He saw it all so clear through the dirt on his face
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He knew he was born to ride
 
[Chorus]
 
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And the long lost heir to the saddle
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Finally found his way back home
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As he picked up his hat, well, the crowd cheered
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Cause they knew a cowboy was born
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Yeah, that day a cowboy was born
 
[Instrumental]
 
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[Outro]
 
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From the heroes in the bright lights of Vegas
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Through the poets of the sage and thorn
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A proud legacy.., of a.... nation
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Thank God, the cowboy was born
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Yeah, thank God, the cowboy was born
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