Marty Robbins - The Cowboy In The Continental Suit lyrics

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Well, he walks out in the arena<br />

All dressed up to the brim<br />

Said he'd just came down from a place<br />

Called "Highland Rim"<br />

Well, he said he came to ride the horse<br />

The one they call "The Brute"<br />

But he didn't look like a cowboy<br />

In his Continental Suit<br />

<br />

We snickered at the way he dressed<br />

But he never said a word<br />

He walks on by the rest of us<br />

As if he hadn't heard<br />

A thousand bucks went to the man<br />

Who could ride this wild cayuse<br />

A meaner horse was never born<br />

Than the one they called "The Brute"<br />

<br />

The horse that he was looking for<br />

Was in chute number eight<br />

He walked up very slowly<br />

Put his hand upon the gate<br />

We knew he was a thoroughbred<br />

When he pulled his sack of "Dukes"<br />

From the inside pocket<br />

Of his Continental Suit<br />

<br />

Well, he rolled hisself a "Corley"<br />

And he lit it standing there<br />

Blew himself a smoke ring<br />

And he watched it disappear<br />

We thought he must be crazy<br />

When he opened up the gate<br />

Standing just inside was<br />

Fifeteen hundred pounds of hate<br />

<br />

The Buckskin tried to run him down<br />

But the stranger was too quick<br />

He stepped aside and threw his arms<br />

Around the horse's neck<br />

And pulled himself up on the back<br />

Of the horse they called "The Brute"<br />

Sit like he was born there<br />

In his Continental Suit<br />

<br />

"The Brute's" hind-end was in the air<br />

His front end on the ground<br />

Kickin' and a-squealin', tryin' to<br />

Shake this stranger down<br />

But the stranger didn't give an inch<br />

He came to ride "The Brute"<br />

And he came to ride the Buckskin<br />

In a Continental Suit<br />

<br />

Well, I turned around to look at Jim<br />

And he was watchin' me<br />

He said, "I don't believe<br />

The crazy things I think I see<br />

But I think I see the outlaw<br />

The one they call "The Brute"<br />

Ridden by a cowboy<br />

In a Continental Suit"<br />

<br />

"The Brute" came to a stand-still<br />

Ashamed that he'd been rode<br />

By a city cowboy in<br />

Some Continental clothes<br />

The stranger took his money<br />

And we don't know where he went<br />

We don't know where he came from<br />

And we haven't seen him since<br />

<br />

The moral of this story:<br />

Never judge by what they wear<br />

Underneath some ragged clothes<br />

Could be a millionaire<br />

Everybody listen<br />

Don't be fooled by this galoot<br />

This sure-'nough bronc buster<br />

In a Continental Suit