[스크랩] Cowboy Songs - Michael Martin Murphey
1.Cowboy Logic
2. I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo,Git Along Little Doggies
3.Tumbling Tumbleweeds
4 Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail
Cowboy Logic
There's a great American hero, we all look up to
When the times are hard and the chips are down,
he knows just what to do
Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day
If you ask for his advice, he'll more than likely say
If it's a fence, mend it. If it's a dollar bill, spend it
Before if burns a hole down in them jeans
It it's a load, truck it. If it's a punch, duck it.
If she's a lady, treat her like a queen
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
If it's a job, do it. Put your back in to it.
'Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain
If it's a horse, ride it. If it hurts, hide it.
Dust yourself off and get back on again.
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin', ridin' fence
The old hand was testin' the kid - on his skill and common
sense
He said "Son, if you seen three men in a pickup truck,
dressed alike from boot to hat,
could you tell which one was the real cowboy,
just from where he sat?"
The kid scratched his head awhile and then he said
"Well, there ain't no way to know".
The old hand grinned and then he said
"Kid, you've still got a ways to go.
The real cowboy's the one in the middle.
He ain't there just by fate.
'Cause first he don't have to drive, and then
he don't have to mess with the gate"
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
What Am I Doing Here
Starin' at the south end of north bound cattle
Slavin' in the saddle all day
You've got to be some kind of natural born fool
To want to live your life this way
Well it can't be the cooking, it sure ain't the money
The devil made the horse that I ride
The days are too long and the nights are too short
And the boss ain't never satisfied
So what am I doing here Lord, what am I doing here
There's got to be something better up there
So what am I doing here
Sometimes I wonder in the lightning and the thunder
If a cowboy's even got a prayer
And why'd you have to make it so hard down here
When things are so much better up there
Now the Lord called his angels all around the throne
Said boys I must be wastin' my time
'Cause I thought I gave the cowboy a pretty good life
Now he's complaining 'till the day he dies
마이클 마틴머피
텍사스초원의 음유시인
윌리넬슨을 텍사스의 Red Neck의 마음을 달래주려 태어난 사람이면
마이클 머피는 초원에서 시를읊고 노래하기위해 태어난
'텍사스의 음유시인'이라고 말한적있다.
그의 아름다운 시적인가사가 늘 좋은 평가를 낳게 했으나
80년대가 되기전 음악적인 변화에 대응하지못하고
방황을 한다.
그래서 그는 전문 컨트리가수로 선언하고
내쉬빌에서 두각을 나타내어 컨트리뮤지션으로
완전히 성공을 한다..