David Allan Coe – Young Dallas Cowboy (Guitar)

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I've hiked through the sage brush I ran up some rails

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I slept on the bench in a few county jails

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And they laugh as they knocked all the wind from my sail

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When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

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I've tried hard to tackle the problems at hand

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I've kicked a few habits and I've marched to the band

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I tried hard to follow the lady of the land

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When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

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I've made a few passes that weren't incomplete

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I stumbled through yards on my way to the street

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Running from beds where I did more than sleep

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When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

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Well he tackled the bottle and he fumbled the ball

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And he'd touchdown in alleys alone where he'd fall

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Just to wait for his son to make up for it all

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When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

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When I was a baby he broke up the team

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Divorcin’ my momma to live with a dream

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He had back in college when he was still green

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And I was a young Dallas Cowboy

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Now the footballs I held did not fit in my hand

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Got me a guitar and I've got me a band

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So don't put me down when I'm takin' my stand

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Be proud of this young Dallas Cowboy

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Yeah I'm proud I'm a young Dallas Cowboy

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Be proud of those young Dallas Cowboys