#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Old Nashville Cowboy By Rock Killough and Billy Earl McCelland Old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time And by the years, there's a fight with inside Head full of music and old nursery rhymes Heart full of sadness, thirst for more wine They told him they cheated, they told him they stole That's strength from his young years and light from his soul They call the family until he grown too old But he called them miners, those mother lode finders That were digging too deep, search for more gold Chorus: Where are the cowboys, where's the home on the range Can anyone remember they killed Jesse James Because of TV, looking bad ain't strange Old Nashville cowboy, just out on the change Old Nashville cowboy, he's gone to the past Like the wine he's drinking, it all went too fast He never learned how to make each swallow last Now he can't even get the way, he used to come and fill up fast Chorus: Where are the cowboys, the home on the range Hell does anyone know they flat out killed Jesse James Is anybody listening, or is everybody blind Old Nashville cowboy, Lord, sing for a dime He called them miners, those mother lode finders Digging too deep, in search of more gold He called them miners, those mother lode finders Digging too deep, in search of more gold He called them miners, those mother lode finders Digging too deep, in search of more gold.......