Laments of the Cowboy and Spinning Main - Chen Tianshou, Li Tsan-Xiang, Zhang Zhu, Huang Guan-Qiang & Liu Guo-Guei

Early this morning, he knocked on my door Early this morning he knocked on my door I said "Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go" Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side Well, I'm goin' to beat my man until I get satisfied He says I don't do him right That I dog him around Well, babe, you know you ain't treating me right He says I don't do him right That I dog him around Well, it must be this old evil spirit So deep down within the ground You may bury my body down by the highway side ...oh, babe I don't care what you do with my body You may bury my body down by the highway side So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and ride Early this morning, he knocked on my door Now me and The Devil are walking side by side Side by side

This song was first released on the some days are diamonds album. it is the only album it has been released on. In the airport lounge she sat in a marlena dietrich hat The grandest lady i had ever seen Outside the heavy rains had grounded all the planes So i asked her if she'd like some company In my rhinestone studded suit, my cowboy hat and boots I must have been a sight for her to see But she said, "pull up a chair," as she fumbled with her hair A more unlikely pair you'll never see I was mogen david wine, she was chablis fifty-nine But there we sat, the cowboy and the lady She was evenings at the opera and summers in paree I was grand ole opry, nashville, tennessee The cowboy and the lady As diff'rent as could be But it seemed so right that rainy night In tennessee Then somewhere in between her harey's bristol creme And the seven beers i ordered for the lady We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather Now there's a bit of class in this old cowboy And there's a little bit of cowboy in the lady The cowboy and the lady As diff'rent as could be But it seemed so right that rainy night In tennessee We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather Now there's a bit of class in this old cowboy And there's a little bit of cowboy in the lady Words and music by bobby boldsboro

He was an old time cowboy Don't you understand? His eyes were sharp as razor blades His face was leather tanned His toes were pointed inward From a hanging on a horse He was an old philosopher of course He was so thin I swear You could have used him for a whip He had to drink a beer To keep his breeches on his hips I knew I had to ask him About the mysteries of life He spat between his boots And he replied "Faster horses" "Younger women" "Older whiskey" "More money" He smiled and all his teeth were covered with tobacco stains He said, "It don't do men no good to pray for peace and rain" Peace and rain is just a way to say prosperity And buffalo chips is all that means to me" So, I told him I was a poet I was looking for the truth I do not care for horses Whiskey, women or the loot I said I was a writer And my soul was all on fire He looked at me And he said, "You are a liar" "It's faster horses" "Younger women" "Older whiskey" "More money" Well, I was disillusioned If I say the least I grabbed him by the collar And I jerked him to his feet There was something cold And shiny laying by my head So I started to believe The things he's saying Well, my poet days are over And I'm back to being me As I enjoy the peace And comfort of reality If my boy ever asks me What it is that I have learned I think that I will readily affirm "Son, it's faster horses" "Younger women" "Older whiskey" "More money" "Faster horses" "Younger women" "Older whiskey" "More money" "Faster horses" "Younger women" "Older whiskey" "More money" "Faster horses"