Cocaine Cowboy Lyrics

Cocaine Cowboy was shooting his guns

Chasin' vaqueros and scaring the nuns

He ran out of bullets so he switched to gasoline

Set fire to the town and fled the scene

"Cocaine Cowboy, listen here now boy," said the sheriff while pointing his gun

"You're coming with me, I won't hear your plea, since too long you've been on the run."

"I'll be a hero, you'll be a zero, your time running free is done!"

The cowboy snuck around while the sheriff was loud

Today was a day he had won

Cocaine Cowboy came upon a man

Blind as a bat, out in the sand

Called out to cowboy though he couldn't see

His wise words were vital and free

"You who rides there, the ne'er-do-well, your life doesn't have that long!"

"The cocaine and whiskey, leave it all be, if you want to right all your wrongs."

"The life you've been given, will surely be driven, from you if you don't change!"

The cowboy ignored him, but he was important

For the man saw his future exchange

Cocaine Cowboy moved on to the next town

Remembering the mans words made him frown

So he pushed a big man, bigger than most

Snorted his powder and got in real close

The big man grabbed him, fingers like tree limbs, smashed Cowboy into the ground

Cowboy lost his breath, soon would be his death if he could not get unbound

Cowboy spoke softly, "Sir please get off me, I didn't mean what I did!"

The man had no mercy, he unleashed his fury, and he shot Cowboy dead

Cocaine Cowboy was shooting his guns

Now because of cocaine the cowboy is done