Karaoké Cowboy Bill Garth Brooks

He told a good story and all us kids listened

'Bout his life on the border and the way it was then

And we all believed

And when he would finish we'd ask the old cowboy to tell 'em again

You could almost hear those prairie winds blowing

His saddle a creakin' beneath his old faded jeans

You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'

As he sat there and painted those west Texas scenes

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true as his blue texas sky

He told of a time when he rode with the rangers down on the pecos and he saved the day

Outnumbered by plenty they were almost to cover with thirty banditos headed their way

He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble

The captain went down and Bill pulled up on his reigns

And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain

They rode for the sunset

Just the story remains

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true as his blue texas sky

Well I still remember the day that it happened

We waited and we waited but Bill never showed

And the folks at the feed store said they hadn't seen him

So we set out for his place down on old grist mill road

And we cried when we found him lying there with his memories

The old trunk wide open things scattered about

He was clutching a badge that said Texas Rangers

And an old yellow letter said Texas is proud

And the grown-ups that told us

You boys keep your distance

That old man's just telling you lies

Now they're all saying that Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true as his blue texas sky

Just as true as his blue texas sky