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Introduction
Have you ever felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you never lived? That’s the magic of “The Last Cowboy Song.” It’s a bittersweet ballad that paints a picture of the fading American frontier, sung by a man who carries the spirit of the Wild West within him.
Ed Bruce, the original songwriter, isn’t just any singer. He’s a storyteller, and in this song, he weaves a tale of a weathered cowboy facing a world that’s leaving him behind. The Chisholm Trail is paved over, the open range fenced in. Our cowboy might be working a feedlot now, but his heart still yearns for the days of Lewis and Clark and riding shoulder-to-shoulder with legends.
This song isn’t just about a bygone era; it’s about holding onto a dream even when the world seems determined to snuff it out. It makes you wonder – what’s your own version of the Wild West? Maybe it’s a passion you haven’t pursued, a place you long to explore, or a simpler time you hold dear.
“The Last Cowboy Song” is a reminder to keep that fire alive, even if the world feels like a concrete jungle.
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Lyrics
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as
they’re singin’ along
Another piece of America’s lost
He rides the feed lots,
clerks in the markets
On weekends sellin’ tobacco and beer
And his dreams of tomorrow,
surrounded by fences
But he’ll dream tonight of
when fences weren’t here
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
And eyeball to eyeball,
old Wyatt backed down
He stood shoulder to shoulder
with Travis in Texas
And rode with the 7th
when Custer went down
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as
they’re singin’ along
Another piece of America’s lost
Remington showed us how
he looked on canvas
And Louis Lamour has told us his tale
Me and Johnny and Waylon
and Kris sing about him
And wish to God, we could
have ridden his trail
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as
they’re singin’ along
Another piece of America’s lost
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as
they’re singin’ along
Another piece of America’s lost
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz