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Cowboy Tune

from Airstream by FAT OPIE

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Cowboy Tune

Written by: Scott Mickelson

Time to put away the toys
don't you want to play with
the big boys
Got whiff of what's on your mind
got a good whiff of what's on
your mind.
Well I ain't too well mannered
but I wield a mighty hammer.
I mean that in the best of ways
I'm always trying to keep it
in the lane

I know I'm simple it runs in
the family
So don't ask why I ain't burning up the sky
with my natural ability.
Your so sharp tongued as cold
as a gun
but you're young and lovely
I hope you'll find I'm more refined
That the cowboys around me

Down at the meat packing factory
we talk a lot about you
We wonder if you're able
It takes a lot to bring that burger
to the table
So join us for a drink
enough to thin the blood
I swear you'll never find me
on the wrong end of a barstool
I'll stay wide eyed

So don't ask why I ain't burning
up the sky
with my natural ability
I ain't blind I know I'm simple
it runs in the family
You're so sharp tongued as
cold as a gun
but you're young and lovely
I hope you'll find I'm more refined
Than the cowboys around me

I grew up with your dad
we both played on the same teams
That was thirty years ago
He's no longer around anyhow
He was friend of mine

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from Airstream, released January 1, 1999

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FAT OPIE San Francisco, California

Lead by singer Scott Mickelson, FAT OPIE continues to paint both musical and lyrical portraits of contemporary life as an American. Their critically acclaimed new CD “Victoryville” is their best work yet.

“It's American folk-Rock with a post punk edge, rustic but scarred.”- Alternative Press Magazine

“Thom Yorke and Jeff Tweedy had a baby and named it Mumford.”- New Times (San Luis Obispo)
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