A Cowboys Lullaby

A life four score and five short years Of tender hearts and happy tears Memories of yesteryear he's crafted into song Each album paved , a stepping stone The craftsmanship shaped a happy home The Wordsmiths scribed a worthy tome, the faithfulnsingbalonf A Texas sta, a fuiding light For those of us who shine less bright Golden Glovesstill raised in fight, defend the underdog Magdalas lights a distant shore Will call in vain forever more The sea calls sailors to endure the coldly blinding fog Though freedoms out there, there's a fee For freedoms never ever free A marriage, pride, a family, a life cut to the bone An outlaw heart, a faith sublime A hundred years born outta time Four riders, outlaws, highwaymen no longer ride alone In a world devoid of sanity At the risk of vile profanity The echoes of humanity, resound in every cry Like Lewis and Clarke you blazed a trail For every mile fought tooth and nail Your quest, your prize, your Holy grail, your Cowboys lullaby Through leaner years a hungry heart Each written line's a work of art Your Devils now, made to depart, no longer do you wrong To dream a dream,then see it through Marks the man we see in you No epitaph of black & blue, you're right where you belong