HERE'S TO THE COWBOYS (WHO DON'T RIDE AWAY IN THE SUNSET)
(David Bracken)


Jeannie C. Riley - 1991


        

Here's to the cowboys who don't ride away in the sunset
Here's to the ones who corral the urge to run free
They come home at sundown to help with the seeds they have planted
They may not be perfect, but they're real down home heroes to me

Let tumbleweeds tumble and drifters keep driftin'
They leave off where real men begin
Here's to the cowboys who don't ride away in the sunset
God bless 'em, ladies, 'cause these are the men who are men

Here's to the cowboys who know lovin's more than just lovin'
Here's to the daddies who won't let the cupboards go bare
They keep home fires burnin', sundays and birthdays and Christmas
Now let's give 'em credit, you're lucky if you've got one who's there

Let tumbleweeds tumble and drifters keep a-driftin'
They leave off where real men begin
Here's to the cowboys who don't ride away in the sunset
God bless 'em, ladies, 'cause these are the men who are men

A lady may beckon, but still you can reckon
He'll stick by you through thick and thin
With two still in highchairs and one in the oven
It takes a good man to hang in

So, let tumbleweeds tumble and drifters keep driftin'
They leave off where real men begin
Here's to the cowboys who don't ride away in the sunset
God bless 'em, ladies, 'cause these are the men who are men
God bless 'em, ladies, 'cause these are the men who are men






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)