COWPIE Country Music Lyrics
Abe Zacharias Empty Saddles
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EMPTY SADDLES
Words and music by Abe Zacharias
A D A D
AS I LOOK OUT ON THE PRAIRIE SO VAST AND SO
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GRAND
D A E
I WONDER WHERE THE COWBOYS HAVE ALL GONE
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WHEN THE SOUND OF HOOFBEATS WAS HEARD
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THROUGHOUT THIS LAND
D E A
WAY OUT WHERE THE WEST WAS WON.
CHORUS:
D E A
EMPTY SADDLES AND OLD CORRALS
D A E
EVERYWHERE I GO THAT’S ALL IS SEE
D E A D
OH, HOW I WISH I COULD GO BACK ONCE AGAIN
A E A
AND RELIVE THOSE DAYS THAT USED TO BE.
THERE’S AN OLD BELT BUCKLE THAT WAS GIVEN ME
BY A FRIEND OF MINE BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY
HE SAID, KEEP THIS AND REMEMBER AN OLD BRONC RIDER FRIEND
IT’S A TREASURE THAT I CHERISH TO THIS DAY.(CHORUS)
NARRATIVE
“CATTLE DRIVES, TRAIL RIDES AND BUSTIN BRONCS MADE UP HIS DAY
LONG HOURS OF ROPIN AND BRANDIN CALVES WAS THIS COWBOY'S WAY
WAS IT WORTH ALL THAT DIRT HE ATE, HE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY JUST A POUCH OF TOBACCO AND BEANS ON HIS PLATE.
THE FREEDOM, THE GREAT OUTDOORS
AND THE GOOD TIMES AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
FOR THIS OLD COWPOKE HAS GONE IT'S WAY
AND OF HIS WORLDLY POSSESIONS THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS IS A BRONC BUSTIN BUCKLE
FROM THE GOOD OLD RODEO DAYS.
NOW MY FRIEND IS GONE, HIS WAY OF LIFE
A MERE MEMORY OF WHAT USED TO BE
HE SAID KEEP MY ONLY POSSESSION IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
THIS TREASURE I WILL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS
AND REMEMBER MY GOOD OLD FRIEND AND HIS COWBOY WAYS.”
I CAN ALMOST SEE THEM AS THEY WERE BACK THEN
BRANDIN CALVES AND BRINGIN IN THE STRAYS
BUT THE LIFESTYLE THEY LIVED WE’LL NEVER SEE AGAIN
WHERE COYOTES HOWLED AND CATTLE USED TO GRAZE. (CHORUS)
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