cowboys and lonely crowns
๐ต 1996 characters
โฑ๏ธ 4:23 duration
๐ ID: 23920226
๐ Lyrics
Four foot tall
With an old staircase guitar
The only boy in a small church choir was how he'd get his start
Then five foot ten
Gone from Matchbox to driving cars
He said "Mom and dad, someday I wanna be a superstar."
And they said,
Boy, your dreams ain't rare
They're too high, don't even cry
Cuz this life is never fair
And he held that weight in his head
A hopeless romantic till his eyes lifted and said
Maybe I should go
Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Pulls six feet underground
So he packed his saddle
And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
At twenty-four
He tried to find his own way out
Started washing off the makeup he put on in this old town
And asked his church a couple things that they didn't know like
Why is it wrong if it's the love he's felt inside his soul?
And they said
Boy, just try not to feel
Don't even cry, and please don't try
Cuz that love is never real
And he held that weight in his hands
A lonely romantic till his eyes lifted and said
Maybe I should go
Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Pulls six feet underground
So he packed his saddle
And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
Did he know that save up for guitar
Would take him down to Tennessee?
That he'd trade that backyard Ph.D. in
For a big city dream?
That he'd fall in love with a man
And have to tell his family?
That he'd be asking what love means
In a song about shandy?
Did he think that smiling little boy
Someday would be
Me?
And so I go
With a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Will never pull me down
So I pack my saddle
Cuz I know that there's still far to go
With a big old dream that
That little boy still holds
Mmm and this love is all I've ever known
And the weight of this now
Will someday be my crown
But I pack my saddle
Cuz I know I'm on my own for now
(For now)
With an old staircase guitar
The only boy in a small church choir was how he'd get his start
Then five foot ten
Gone from Matchbox to driving cars
He said "Mom and dad, someday I wanna be a superstar."
And they said,
Boy, your dreams ain't rare
They're too high, don't even cry
Cuz this life is never fair
And he held that weight in his head
A hopeless romantic till his eyes lifted and said
Maybe I should go
Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Pulls six feet underground
So he packed his saddle
And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
At twenty-four
He tried to find his own way out
Started washing off the makeup he put on in this old town
And asked his church a couple things that they didn't know like
Why is it wrong if it's the love he's felt inside his soul?
And they said
Boy, just try not to feel
Don't even cry, and please don't try
Cuz that love is never real
And he held that weight in his hands
A lonely romantic till his eyes lifted and said
Maybe I should go
Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Pulls six feet underground
So he packed his saddle
And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
Did he know that save up for guitar
Would take him down to Tennessee?
That he'd trade that backyard Ph.D. in
For a big city dream?
That he'd fall in love with a man
And have to tell his family?
That he'd be asking what love means
In a song about shandy?
Did he think that smiling little boy
Someday would be
Me?
And so I go
With a little whiskey inside this tired soul
Mmm cuz cowboys are better off alone
And the weight of this crown
Will never pull me down
So I pack my saddle
Cuz I know that there's still far to go
With a big old dream that
That little boy still holds
Mmm and this love is all I've ever known
And the weight of this now
Will someday be my crown
But I pack my saddle
Cuz I know I'm on my own for now
(For now)
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.29] Four foot tall
[00:12.95] With an old staircase guitar
[00:15.84] The only boy in a small church choir was how he'd get his start
[00:21.81] Then five foot ten
[00:23.32] Gone from Matchbox to driving cars
[00:26.14] He said "Mom and dad, someday I wanna be a superstar."
[00:31.35] And they said,
[00:32.61] Boy, your dreams ain't rare
[00:36.49] They're too high, don't even cry
[00:39.21] Cuz this life is never fair
[00:41.91] And he held that weight in his head
[00:46.75] A hopeless romantic till his eyes lifted and said
[00:52.29] Maybe I should go
[00:54.87] Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[01:00.55] Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
[01:04.97] And the weight of this crown
[01:07.62] Pulls six feet underground
[01:10.23] So he packed his saddle
[01:12.01] And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
[01:17.86] At twenty-four
[01:19.57] He tried to find his own way out
[01:22.27] Started washing off the makeup he put on in this old town
[01:28.54] And asked his church a couple things that they didn't know like
[01:33.04] Why is it wrong if it's the love he's felt inside his soul?
[01:37.98] And they said
[01:39.30] Boy, just try not to feel
[01:43.09] Don't even cry, and please don't try
[01:46.05] Cuz that love is never real
[01:48.59] And he held that weight in his hands
[01:53.49] A lonely romantic till his eyes lifted and said
[01:58.93] Maybe I should go
[02:01.62] Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[02:07.26] Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
[02:11.63] And the weight of this crown
[02:14.26] Pulls six feet underground
[02:16.91] So he packed his saddle
[02:18.61] And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
[02:41.94] Did he know that save up for guitar
[02:44.94] Would take him down to Tennessee?
[02:50.29] That he'd trade that backyard Ph.D. in
[02:53.31] For a big city dream?
[02:55.71] That he'd fall in love with a man
[02:58.28] And have to tell his family?
[03:00.91] That he'd be asking what love means
[03:03.66] In a song about shandy?
[03:05.95] Did he think that smiling little boy
[03:09.00] Someday would be
[03:12.02] Me?
[03:15.21] And so I go
[03:17.60] With a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[03:23.25] Mmm cuz cowboys are better off alone
[03:27.66] And the weight of this crown
[03:30.32] Will never pull me down
[03:32.95] So I pack my saddle
[03:34.59] Cuz I know that there's still far to go
[03:38.95] With a big old dream that
[03:40.94] That little boy still holds
[03:44.58] Mmm and this love is all I've ever known
[03:48.94] And the weight of this now
[03:51.59] Will someday be my crown
[03:54.30] But I pack my saddle
[03:55.94] Cuz I know I'm on my own for now
[04:04.92] (For now)
[00:12.95] With an old staircase guitar
[00:15.84] The only boy in a small church choir was how he'd get his start
[00:21.81] Then five foot ten
[00:23.32] Gone from Matchbox to driving cars
[00:26.14] He said "Mom and dad, someday I wanna be a superstar."
[00:31.35] And they said,
[00:32.61] Boy, your dreams ain't rare
[00:36.49] They're too high, don't even cry
[00:39.21] Cuz this life is never fair
[00:41.91] And he held that weight in his head
[00:46.75] A hopeless romantic till his eyes lifted and said
[00:52.29] Maybe I should go
[00:54.87] Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[01:00.55] Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
[01:04.97] And the weight of this crown
[01:07.62] Pulls six feet underground
[01:10.23] So he packed his saddle
[01:12.01] And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
[01:17.86] At twenty-four
[01:19.57] He tried to find his own way out
[01:22.27] Started washing off the makeup he put on in this old town
[01:28.54] And asked his church a couple things that they didn't know like
[01:33.04] Why is it wrong if it's the love he's felt inside his soul?
[01:37.98] And they said
[01:39.30] Boy, just try not to feel
[01:43.09] Don't even cry, and please don't try
[01:46.05] Cuz that love is never real
[01:48.59] And he held that weight in his hands
[01:53.49] A lonely romantic till his eyes lifted and said
[01:58.93] Maybe I should go
[02:01.62] Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[02:07.26] Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone
[02:11.63] And the weight of this crown
[02:14.26] Pulls six feet underground
[02:16.91] So he packed his saddle
[02:18.61] And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."
[02:41.94] Did he know that save up for guitar
[02:44.94] Would take him down to Tennessee?
[02:50.29] That he'd trade that backyard Ph.D. in
[02:53.31] For a big city dream?
[02:55.71] That he'd fall in love with a man
[02:58.28] And have to tell his family?
[03:00.91] That he'd be asking what love means
[03:03.66] In a song about shandy?
[03:05.95] Did he think that smiling little boy
[03:09.00] Someday would be
[03:12.02] Me?
[03:15.21] And so I go
[03:17.60] With a little whiskey inside this tired soul
[03:23.25] Mmm cuz cowboys are better off alone
[03:27.66] And the weight of this crown
[03:30.32] Will never pull me down
[03:32.95] So I pack my saddle
[03:34.59] Cuz I know that there's still far to go
[03:38.95] With a big old dream that
[03:40.94] That little boy still holds
[03:44.58] Mmm and this love is all I've ever known
[03:48.94] And the weight of this now
[03:51.59] Will someday be my crown
[03:54.30] But I pack my saddle
[03:55.94] Cuz I know I'm on my own for now
[04:04.92] (For now)