Listen to Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990) by The Highwaymen

Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Highwaymen

Performer

Willie Nelson

Performer

Johnny Cash

Performer

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Performer

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Performer

Reggie Young

Guitar

J.R. Cobb

Guitar

Bobby Emmons

Keyboards

Bobby Wood

Keyboards

Danny Timms

Keyboards

Mickey Raphael

Harmonica

Robby Turner

Steel Guitar

Mike Leech

Bass

Gene Chrisman

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Patsy Bruce

Songwriter

Ed Bruce

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Chips Moman

Producer

Tony Castle

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Cowboys ain't easy to love, and they're harder to hold

They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold

Lone star belt buckles and old faded Levis

And each night begins a new day

And if you don't understand him, an' he don't die young

He'll prob'ly just ride away

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

They'll never stay home and they're always alone

Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smokey old poolrooms and clear mountain mornings

Little warm puppies, and children, and girls of the night

And them that don't know him won't like him and them that do

Sometimes won't know how to take him

He ain't wrong, he's just different, but his pride won't let him

Do things to make you think he's right

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

They'll never stay home and they're always alone

Even with someone they love

Written by: Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce

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