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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Colter Wall
Colter Wall
Acoustic Guitar
Patrick Lyons
Patrick Lyons
Pedal Steel Guitar
Jason Simpson
Jason Simpson
Bass
Jake Groves
Jake Groves
Harmonica
Russell Patterson
Russell Patterson
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Colter Wall
Colter Wall
Producer
Patrick Lyons
Patrick Lyons
Producer
Mike Stankiewicz
Mike Stankiewicz
Mixing Engineer
Mike Monseur
Mike Monseur
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The coyote is a survivor
Reckon he's got to be
He lives in the snow at forty below
Or in Malibu by the sea
I'm just an old cowpuncher
I love to listen to his tune
[Chorus]
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
[Verse 2]
The cowboy's a conundrum
A contradiction in this age
He says he doing fine on the poverty line
With a workin' cowboy's wage
The whiskey bottle costs thirty-two bucks
The big prairie moon is free
[Chorus]
So who is a dumber son of a bitch
The little coyote or me?
Who is a dumber son of a bitch
The little coyote or me?
[Verse 3]
So with thoughts of reincarnation
Well, I drifted off to dream
Made it for a life with a coyote wife
A bushy-tailed coyote queen
Way down in the valley
By the Old Jasper Saloon
[Chorus]
The cowboy got high on a bottle rye
And we got drunk on the moon
The cowboy got high on a bottle of rye
And we got drunk on the moon
[Verse 4]
The coyote is a survivor
Reckon he's got to be
He lives in the snow at forty below
Or in Malibu by the sea
I'm just an old cowpuncher
I love to listen to his tune
[Chorus]
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
Written by: Ian Tyson

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