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When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings - Official Lyric Video - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson
Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Rawlings
David Rawlings
Composer
Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Let me tell you, buddy
There's a faster gun
Coming over yonder
When tomorrow comes
[Verse 2]
Let me tell you, buddy
And it won't be long
Till you find yourself singing, your last cowboy song
[Verse 3]
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
When the roundup ends
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
And the campfire dims
[Verse 4]
Yippee-Ki-yi-ya
He shouts and he sings
When a cowboy trades
His spurs for wings
[Verse 5]
When they wrap my body
In the thin linen sheet
And they take my six irons
Pull the boots from my feet
[Verse 6]
Unsaddle my pony
She'll be itching to roam
I'll be halfway to heaven
Under horsepower of my own
[Verse 7]
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
When the roundup ends
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
And the campfire dims
[Verse 8]
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
He shouts and he sings
When a cowboy trades
His spurs for wings
[Verse 9]
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
I'm glory bound
No more jingle jangle
I lay my guns down
[Verse 10]
Yippee-Ki-yi-yay
He shouts and he sings
When a cowboy trades
His spurs for wings
When a cowboy trades
His spurs for wings
Written by: David Rawlings, Gillian Welch

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