This Cowboy Song

We rode all night across an endless desert

We had no moon to light our way

And though a million stars were slowly turnin'

We lacked the consciences to pray

Our horses runnin' like devil chase us

Those feet, they hardly touched the ground

Yes, I'm familiar with a gray wolf's howling

But I'm certain I never heard that sound

Devil to pay on Judgement Day

Would Jesus strike me down if I should pray?

This cowboy song is all I know to bring me back into your arms

Your distant sun, your shinin' light

You'll be my North Star shinin' tonight

I've been the lowest of the low on the planet

I've been a sinner all my days

And I was livin' with my hand on the trigger

I had no sense to change my ways

The preacher asked if I'd embrace the Resurrection

To suck the poison from my life

Just like an existential cowboy villain

His words were balanced on my knife

Devil to pay on Judgement Day

Would Jesus strike me down if I should pray?

This cowboy song is all I know to bring me back into your arms

Your distant sun, your shinin' light

You'll be my North Star shinin' tonight

Every night, every night

All my distances afar

This cowboy song is all I know to bring me back into your arms

This cowboy song, this cowboy life

I'll be your North Star shinin' tonight

Dog star

Dog star

Dog star

Dog star

Dog star

Dog star

Dog star