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Potatomen - Jimmy Was a Cowboy lyrics
In a little cafe on some nowhere street On the wrong side of the Texas border Jimmy nursed a beer and a hungover grudge Watched his face in the mirror growing older He was wondering if that repetitive riff On the jukebox off in the corner Was but a sad refrain for a life spent in vain Or just a requiem for his last quarter He was only 26 but he'd come a long way From the reservation roads of North Dakota He had pure Indian blood but his skin was so pale He never had much trouble crossing over He wore turquoise and silver and the eyes of a killer But his soul was as gentle as rain The locals called him a cowboy and he was in an odd way Ghostriding the night sky in a low-flying plane From the Colombian jungle to the West Texas prairie He would ferry the loads of cocaine The money was good but it was well understood He only did it for the love of his sweet precious Jane Oh that girl was trouble Now she was a girl not of the best character A lot of fun but you could never quite trust her Broke a lot of hearts and derailed some applecarts But in Jimmy's eyes she'd never lose her luster She ran off to the city to pursue the nitty-gritty With a man who I'll admit was me But things just didn't feel right until one night I told her Janie girl you know where you should be She looked at me with those big brown eyes And brushed aside what almost looked like a tear She said just once in my life I'm gonna do something right I'm gonna grab that first train straight out of here Back to Cowboy Jimmy couldn't believe his eyes when he saw her But they planned a whole new life together Fueled up the plane for just one last run But ran into a patch of bad weather Now sweet Janie sits up some general's knee In a drug palace outside of Cali While poor Jimmy's serving 40 to life In the West Texas pen So sorry |
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