JOHN R. BLACK

LONELY COWBOY DREAMS

©1977 – music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 42nd Street Music Seattle

 

Well I dreamed in Montana and up in Idaho 

Dreamed places you’ve seen and some you don’t know 

And I dreamed Missouri’s River and shivered on the Kansas plains 

Dreamed in the Rocky mountains with not two dreams the same 

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And now I’m asking you if my dreams will ever be  

Of a cowboy in love but still free? 

Or will I ride alone lonesome on the range 

A cowboy lost forever in the tumbleweed and sage 

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I’ve dreamed the hills of Utah and been in Mexico 

Dreamed places you’ve seen and some you don’t know 

And I fell in love in Oregon and out again on the range 

Dreamed under trees and by rivers and nightfires dyin’ flame 

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And now I’m asking you if my dreams will ever be  

Of a cowboy in love but still free? 

Or must I dream alone lonesome on the range 

With sorrow in my heart and me to blame? 

Or must I dream alone lonesome on the range 

With sorrow in my heart and me to blame?