cowboys and lonely crowns Lyrics

Four foot tall

With an old staircase guitar

The only boy in a small church choir

Was how he'd get his start

Then five foot ten

Gone from Matchbox to driving cars

He said "Mom and dad, someday I wanna be a superstar."

And they said,

"Boy, your dreams ain't rare.

"They're too high, don't even cry

"Cuz this life is never fair."

And he held that weight in his head

A hopeless romantic

Till his eyes lifted and said,

"Maybe I should go

"Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul

"Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone

"And the weight of this crown

"Pulls six feet underground."

So he packed his saddle

And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."

At twenty-four

He tried to find his own way out

Started washing off the makeup

He put on in this old town

And asked his church

A couple things that they didn't know like,

"Why is it wrong if it's the love

"He's felt inside his soul?"

And they said,

"Boy, just try not to feel.

"Don't even cry, and please don't try

"Cuz that love is never real."

And he held that weight in his hands

A lonely romantic

Till his eyes lifted and said,

"Maybe I should go

"Pour a little whiskey inside this tired soul

"Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone

"And the weight of this crown

"Pulls six feet underground."

And so he packed his saddle

And said, "I guess I'm on my own now."

Did he know that save up for guitar

Would take him down to Tennessee?

That he'd trade that backyard Ph.D. in

For a big city dream?

That he'd fall in love with a man

And have to tell his family?

That he'd be asking what love means

In a song about shandy?

Did he think that smiling little boy

Someday would be me?

And so I go

With a little whiskey inside this tired soul

Mmm, cuz cowboys are better off alone

And the weight of this crown

Will never pull me down

So I pack my saddle

Cuz I know that there's still far to go

With a big ole dream that

That little boy still holds

Mmm, and this love is all I've ever known

And the weight of this now

Will someday be my crown

But I pack my saddle

Cuz I know I'm on my own for now

(For now)