Gary Fjellgaard Song Lyrics > Grande OldeRide

In her upstairs room/She sits beside the window
Starin till she/Just can't see no more
Has it been a year/Or has it been forever
Since that cowboy left/To fight that crazy war

So she wraps herself inside/His buckskin jacket
You know the one that smells of/ horse and honest sweat
He was after all/Just a workin cowboy
She loved that boy/With everything she had

Freedom was one thing/ They always counted on
Worth fighting for/That's what they believed
When a poster said/We need more able bodies
He just looked at her and said/They must mean me

He said/One last night/Before I have to leave you
If I have to go and fight/I'll fight to win
He left the upstairs room/While she lay sleeping
With his buckskin coat/Against her naked skin

He wasn't much/For sentimental letters
But he wrote to her/As faithful as can be
He said a cowboy/Who never took to water
Ain't it funny how/I ended up at sea

For three long months/That crazy war's been over
She wonders if she'll spend/Her life alone
Then she heard familiar footsteps/In the hallway
By some miracle/Her cowboy made it home

So they wrap themselves inside/His buckskin jacket
You know the one that smells of/ Horse and honest sweat
He was after all/Just a workin cowboy
He loved that girl/With everything he had

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Writer Gary Fjellgaard/©Socan
Publisher Slim Creek Music/©Socan