Are There Any More Real Cowboys?

Album: Old Ways (1985)
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  • Are there any more real cowboys
    Left out in these hills?
    Will the fire hit the iron
    One more time?
    And will one more dusty pick-up
    Coming rolling down the road
    With a load of feed before the sun gets high?
    Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies

    Not the one that's snortin' cocaine
    When the honky-tonk's all closed
    But the one that prays for more rain
    Heaven knows
    That the good feed brings the money
    And the money buys the clothes
    Not the diamond sequins shining on TV
    But the kind the working cowboy really needs

    Are there any more country families
    Still working hand in hand
    Trying hard to stay together
    And make a stand?
    While the rows and rows of houses
    Come creepin' up on the land
    Where the cattle graze and an old grey barn still stands
    Are there any more real cowboys in this land?

    Are there any more real cowboys in this land? Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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