Fred Eaglesmith - Rocky The Cowboy lyrics

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Rocky, I'm writing you this letter

I'm in the Sunset Home

My grandkids went and put me here

They got everything I own

I know you're out in Albuquerque

I saw Freddie just last week

He said your eyesight's failing you

And you're mouth's too sore to speak

Rocky, I've been thinking lately

How we never got along

How mostly I was right

And sometimes I was wrong

Remember that horse we bought in Tulsa

It was afraid of the startin' gun

You'd fill his ears full of cotton

And all the money that we won

Rocky, you sure were a good cowboy

You did sure could rope and ride

I always told you not to chew that goddamned tobacco

You coulda listened just one time

They don't show many Westerns on TV here

They took away my gun

But I still got that Western saddle

The one we stole from Freddie's son

Rocky, I hear that they're fading ya

And it sure do make me sad

I never thought in all my days

You'd ever end up like that

Remember that trailer in Minnesota

That axle broke right in two

We wired it together with four-by-fours

And we drove the whole night through

Rocky, you sure were a good cowboy

You did sure could rope and ride

I always told you not to chew that goddamned tobacco

You coulda listened just one time

So, Rocky, I'll just sign off now

I've been up most of the night

I just wanted to tell you when I heard the news

It damned near made me cry

Remember that gun we bought in Reno

You shot Freddie right through the hand

You wrapped it up in your best Western shirt

Gave him all the money you had

Rocky, you sure were a good cowboy

You did sure could rope and ride

I always told you not to chew that goddamned tobacco

You coulda listened just one time

You coulda listened just one time