The Cowboy Who Started The Fight Lyrics - Johnny Cash

The legs on the lady a walkin' 

was tanned to a dark berry brown 

Her body was made like a song to be played 

to the tune of a million a pound 

So was a wonder of a woman I reckon 

and she sure screwed her head on right 

The toast of the world was the long legged girl 

and the cowboy who started the fight 

He'd just pulled into town in an old green 1953 Chevrolet pickup truck 

With whiskey bumps all over it and the right front fender falling off 

He coasted on into a no parking zone 

Got out and took the keys and chunked 'em down a gutter 

Turned around and just walked off 

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He allowed how his time had been wasted 

on drinking and running around 

He spent half his life searchin' barrooms at night 

For the sweetheart that he never found 

It was plain from the moment their eyes met 

they'd wind up in each others arms 

The lady's young life was laid open that night 

And the cowboy drank deep of her charms 

Singing hey-hi-de-he from the depths of the sea 

to the mountains so hollering high 

I've found the best one under God's given sun 

yeah the cowboy got lucky tonight 

While the angel beside him lay sleeping 

he silently thanked God above 

For being a kind hearted father 

and blessing his love with her love 

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For one night of love with that woman 

was more than he knew he deserved 

So he found all he had left worth givin' 

and he gave all he had left to her 

He slid back inside his ole levi's 

and he filled up his boots with his feet 

While the subways beneath New York City 

screamed through the veins of the street 

For the lady gave up without question 

the trophy she saved all her life 

Then she curled up beside his old weather worn hide 

And the cowboy just laid down and died 

Hey-hi-de-hi with a whoop through the street 

as his soul slowly winged out of sight 

The lady was torn from the child bein' born 

and the cowboy found heaven that night 

The lady was torn from the child bein' born 

and the cowboy found heaven that night