Verse
Cowboys we are
Cowboys we shall always be
Don?t let it end like this, boys
Tell ?em I sense something?
Verse
They say trouble rides a fast horse
They say forgiveness rides a mule
Oh yeah, they say a lot of things
That?s why I lived by my own rules
Verse
You know a man is seen in fragments
A scar, a limp, tattoos and broken teeth
Scratch the surface on most men out here
And you?ll find two men hiding underneath
Verse
But I come not here to lecture you
Of good and evil, black or white, right or wrong
I?ve come to sing my story
I'm the Black Jack, baby, of all those old gipsy songs
Verse
A loose canon, they have called me
A half-cocked cowboy, falling apart
With my war-bag full of cheap tricks
Dead certain, mister, of my hair trigger heart
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
Verse
I've known love from every angle
I never learned the art of the graceful getaway
Yeah, the poetry eludes me, sir
I don?t give a damn what all the minor poets say
Verse
"I?m not an alcoholic, I?m a drunk, there?s a difference
Set 'em up, kid, and make it smart"
I come from horse traders and half breeds
And a savage long line of hair trigger hearts, yeah
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
Bridge
All the old gunfighters are leaving town
Pistol packing mama, lay that pistol down
I?m still around
Lord, I've got one more round
And I sure hit the mark
With my hair trigger heart, yeah
Instrumental
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At the far end of eternity, you will find me
At a pub they call The Sword 'n' Highwayman
I'll have a wax museum moustache
Might be missing several fingers on my trigger hand
Verse
I?ll have forgotten half the alphabet
My name, my age, my Chinese laundry mark
Between instinct and oblivion, mister
I will always hang on to this hair trigger heart
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
I got a hair trigger heart
Outro
Cowboys we are
Cowboys we shall always be