Johnny Cash – The Cowboy Who Started The Fight (Guitar)

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The legs on the lady a walkin'

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Was tanned to a dark berry brown

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Her body was made like a song to be played

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To the tune of a million a pound

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She was a wonder of a woman I reckon

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And she sure screwed her head on right

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The toast of the world was the long legged girl

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And the cowboy who started the fight

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

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

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 He coasted on into a no parking zone, got out and took the keys and chunked 'em down a gutter

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Turned around and just walked off

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He allowed how his time had been wasted

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On drinking and running around

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He spent half his life searchin' barrooms at night

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For the sweetheart that he never found

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It was plain from the moment their eyes met

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They'd wind up in each others arms

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The lady's young life was laid open that night

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And the cowboy drank deep of her charms

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

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To the mountains so hollering high

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

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Yeah the cowboy got lucky tonight

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While the angel beside him lay sleeping

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He silently thanked God above

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For being a kind hearted father

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And blessing his love with her love

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For one night of love with that woman

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Was more than he knew he deserved

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So he found all he had left worth givin'

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And he gave all he had left to her

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He slid back inside his ole levi's

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And he filled up his boots with his feet

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While the subways beneath New York City

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Screamed through the veins of the street

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For the lady gave up without question

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The trophy she saved all her life

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Then she curled up beside his old weather worn hide

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And the cowboy just laid down and died

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

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As his soul slowly winged out of sight

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The lady was torn from the child bein' born

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And the cowboy found heaven that night

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The lady was torn from the child bein' born

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And the cowboy found heaven that night