No One Likes Cowboys Anymore
Fading Echoes: Modern Cowboys Facing a Changing Frontier
Lyrics
You can wear a pistol on your hip
You have the freedom to carry a pistol openly on your hip.
You can tame the badlands with your fist
You can assert control over challenging territories using your physical strength.
You can watch the sunset on a horse
Enjoying the picturesque experience of watching the sunset while riding a horse.
But no one likes cowboys anymore
Cowboys are no longer appreciated or favored by society.
Sleeping under the stars
Choosing to sleep outdoors beneath the stars.
Drinking whiskey and playing guitars
Engaging in the stereotypical cowboy activities of drinking whiskey and playing guitars.
Talking women and babies too
Discussing topics like women and babies.
Living like there is nothing left to lose
Living with a sense of recklessness, as if there is nothing to lose.
There ain't no outlaws to be chased
No more outlaws to pursue or challenges to overcome.
There ain't no gold left to be claimed
The era of discovering unclaimed gold has ended.
You can race the wind to face your fears
Racing against adversity, but society no longer values cowboys.
But no one needs cowboys around here
Cowboys are considered unnecessary in the current societal context.
Crossing rivers to open range
Describing the physical journey across rivers to vast open spaces.
Hands of leather from gripping reins
Hands toughened by holding onto reins, a symbol of the cowboy lifestyle.
Talking heaven and Jesus too
Engaging in conversations about spiritual matters like heaven and Jesus.
Living like there is nothing left to lose
Continuing to live with a carefree attitude as if there's nothing to risk.
So where can I go
Expressing a sense of displacement, questioning where to go.
How can I roam anymore
Feeling uncertain about roaming freely anymore.
So where can I go
Repeating the theme of uncertainty and lack of direction.
How can I roam anymore
Questioning the ability to roam freely in the current societal context.
If they want us to ride away
If society wishes cowboys to leave, they won't linger.
Then we won't hang around another day
Deciding to depart at the beginning of the day.
We will leave at the break of dawn
Anticipating the eventual departure of cowboys from societal relevance.
Pretty soon the cowboys will be gone
Predicting that the era of cowboys will come to an end soon.
We'll be
Transition to a state of...
Sleeping under the stars
Reiterating the choice to sleep beneath the stars, continuing the cowboy lifestyle.
Drinking whiskey and playing guitars
Engaging in familiar cowboy activities of drinking and playing guitars.
Talking women and babies too
Discussing topics of relationships and family.
Living like there is nothing left to lose
Living with a sense of abandon, as if there's nothing to lose.
So where can I go
Repeating the theme of uncertainty regarding where to go.
How can I roam anymore
Questioning the ability to roam freely, echoing the earlier uncertainty.
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