Old Nashville Cowboy Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

The old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time 

He was bent by his years and the fight with the wine 

With a head full of music and an old nursery rhyme 

A heart full of sadness and dark sunken nights 

He told me, they've cheated, he told me they stole 

The strength from his youth and the songs from his soul 

He said he was family till he got too old 

And he called them miners, mother lode finders 

Digging so deep in search of more gold 

Oh, where are the cowboys and the home on the range? 

Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James? 

Now the good guys on TV seem bad, ain't it strange? 

And the old Nashville cowboys missed out on the change 

The old cowboy's life now is gone with the past 

Like the whiskey he drank it all went down too fast 

He didn't know how to make each swallow last 

And the head waitress won't be back to fill up his glass