Cowboy Nights Lyrics

I'm gonna look at the North Star in the sky

After they told me not to cry

After they told me to go to camp

Cause I would become a better man

Bettern than even you thought I was

So come on cowboy, strike a pose

Like all our old Polaroids

The world you love is made of celluloid

And I would believe whatever you tell me

Just don't say that I'm not yours

Some people think the world of growing up poor

But losing things always felt like a curse

And no one tells you in your mama's horoscopes

That you would do time in Texas for a fill of dope

And that I would do what I've always wanted

Become a beat poet who is lonely and haunted

And I would do anything you say

But losing you is not an option

Some people our age already think of children

The best the world has given us is adoption

And I do know why I hate divorces

Just like I know why I stopped riding horses

Because I never felt sure, sure, sure

So one problem less becomes one problem more

I'm gonna look at the North Star in the sky

After I tried so hard to cry