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Cowboys on the Skyline
Cowboys on the skyline, would you let me ride along?
Wearing my Stetson cowboy hat
Singing my songs

And when you ride without sound
Do the horses ever, ever touch the ground?
I don’t believe they do, yet I believe in you.
Yodel-layhee

Cowboys on the skyline, do you hide your dreams inside?
If your pony should stumble, would you lose your pride?

And when you ride in the night
Do you ever, ever wish for light?
Oh, if I only knew, might still believe in you
Yodel-layhee. Odalahee-aye
Odalahay-tee. Oldalahe-yaa

Cowboys on the Skyline, tumbleweed and Purple Sage
Silhouettes and saddles, ride across that stage

Paint and roan. Skin and bone
Ragged ponies stumble with their cowboys gone
We’re ridin’ the same as you, all fading cowboys too
Yodel-layhee. Odalahee-aye
Odalahay-tee. Oldalahe-yaa
© John W. McClure,1974, 2008

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from Cowboys On The Skyline, released August 1, 2011
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J.W. McClure Seattle, Washington

J.W. McClure lives in Stanwood, Washington. This is a career restarted for me. In the 1970’s I was often an opening act at the Washington D.C. clubs, The Cellar Door and The Childe Harold for Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush and many well known bands. In the 1980’s I returned to Washington to do folk music, satire and stand-up comedy before getting swamped by family and other work. ... more

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