Well, I'm writing you this letter
And it's a long time overdue
You're thinkin' "Just mind your own business"
I wouldn't blame you if you do
You know our range is gettin' smaller
Hear you're all busted up inside
But it ain't the Broncos that'll kill you
It's just that damned old cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
I hear you're running with that waitress
And she's under age and wild
You know your wife's the best there is, fella
Would you move in with that child?
She stuck with you through the hard times
Think of all the nights she cried
Will she be another victim
Of that same old cowboy pride
Guess it's time to close my letter
It's just somethin' that I had to do
You know I made the same mistake once
Before she fell in love with you
So go home to your wife and family
It's time to put the past aside
So you don't end up like me now
Nothin' left but cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
Don't end up like me now
With nothin' left but cowboy pride
And it's a long time overdue
You're thinkin' "Just mind your own business"
I wouldn't blame you if you do
You know our range is gettin' smaller
Hear you're all busted up inside
But it ain't the Broncos that'll kill you
It's just that damned old cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
I hear you're running with that waitress
And she's under age and wild
You know your wife's the best there is, fella
Would you move in with that child?
She stuck with you through the hard times
Think of all the nights she cried
Will she be another victim
Of that same old cowboy pride
Guess it's time to close my letter
It's just somethin' that I had to do
You know I made the same mistake once
Before she fell in love with you
So go home to your wife and family
It's time to put the past aside
So you don't end up like me now
Nothin' left but cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
Don't end up like me now
With nothin' left but cowboy pride
more tracks from the album
Cowboy Songs
- The Yellow Rose of Texas
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Cowboy Logic
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue
- Jack of Diamonds
- The Streets of Laredo
- Home on the Range
- Texas Rangers
- What Am I Doing Here
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die / Reincarnation
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Happy Trails
- Cowboy Pride
- O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Wild Ripplin’ Waters
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Red River Valley
- Goodbye Old Paint
From the album
- Cowboy Songs (1990)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Radio Land
- Face to Face with the Night
- The Pony Man
- Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew’s Song)
- O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Disenchanted
- Got to Pay the Fiddler
- Woodsmoke in the Wind
- Wild Ripplin’ Waters
- Pearls in the Snow
- The Running Blood
- Family Tree
- Two Step Is Easy
- Cool Water
- Rings of Life
- Two-Step ’Round The Christmas Tree
- River of Time
- I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Love Affairs