Songs Of The Kingwood Kowboy

If This Planet Had A Veranda (Larry W Jones 09/28/2019) (song #7622)

That veranda was where my Mama hummed as she knitted

That veranda was where my Daddy wore clothes she fitted

It was where we ate apple pie, listened to the wind sigh

Where we played guitar and fiddle and sang to heaven high

That veranda saw summer nights when we gazed at the stars

That veranda saw lightning bugs kids put in Mason jars

It was where I fell in love and realized my first kiss

It was where I realized that life is a precious gift

If this planet had a veranda like we had back home

Back to it we’d all meander from where we all had roamed

If this planet had a veranda as we had back then

We would all come together and not scattered to the wind

(Instrumental)

Watermelon and home made ice cream we all served and shared

We played Fish and Battle and other card games fair and square

That veranda always had a small window light left on

Mama and Daddy knew sons and daughters would come back home

If this planet had a veranda like we had back home

Back to it we’d all meander from where we all had roamed

If this planet had a veranda as we had back then

We would all come together and not scattered to the wind

If this planet had a veranda like we had back home

We would all come together and not scattered to the wind

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Her Old Whipping Post (Larry W Jones 09/28/2019) (song #7620)

I know she’ll return cause I’m still her old concern

No matter just how many bridges she has burned

She likes to run around but she likes me the most

Some will think it gross but I’m her old whipping post

Sure as the setting sun she’ll be getting someone

She’ll be tying up his heart just for her own fun

And when she gets through then I will be her new host

Some will think it gross but I’m her old whipping post

(Instrumental)

She thinks whipping hearts doesn’t hurt, oh but it does

When she starts my heart feels stung by a mad bee buzz

Some men she leaves alone but with me she’s engrossed

Some will think it gross but I’m her old whipping post

I know she’ll return cause I’m still her old concern

No matter just how many bridges she has burned

She likes to run around but she likes me the most

Some will think it gross but I’m her old whipping post

She likes to run around but she likes me the most

Some will think it gross but I’m her old whipping post

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I Can’t Shake You From My Mind (Larry W Jones 09/27/2019) (song #7619)

I’ve never felt so hopeless as I’m feeling now

Cause you drove away with a frown across your brow

My world just fell apart and now for you I’ll pine

You’ll take my heart but I can’t shake you from my mind

This burning side of pain is like a glowing flame

And it’s the kind of flame that won’t go out with time

There remains an ember I’ll always remember

You’ll take my heart but I can’t shake you from my mind

(Instrumental)

If I could turn back the time then all would be fine

But these memories will never be history

You’ll take my heart but I can’t shake you from my mind

At least not until the end of eternity

This burning side of pain is like a glowing flame

And it’s the kind of flame that won’t go out with time

There remains an ember I’ll always remember

You’ll take my heart but I can’t shake you from my mind

There remains an ember I’ll always remember

You’ll take my heart but I can’t shake you from my mind

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Stronger Man Longer Gone (Larry W Jones 09/27/2019) (song #7618)

Well, the saddest thing to do in life

Is to walk away from grief and strife

But I’ve seen it coming on so long

I’ll be a stronger man longer gone

I would never go if you loved me

But love, I see that will never be

I’ll get lost and count the cost alone

I’ll be a stronger man longer gone

(Instrumental)

I’ll build up my self esteem and pride

Just as soon as these old tears have dried

And I’ll sing a better old love song

I’ll be a stronger man longer gone

When I’m gone I won’t be looking back

Gonna be a long way down the track

Longer days will have more sunny dawns

I’ll be a stronger man longer gone

And I’ll sing a better old love song

I’ll be a stronger man longer gone

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Vanishing Cowboy (Larry W Jones 09/27/2019) (song #7616)

I remember my grandpa riding through the gate

Wondering why beef sold at such a lower rate

I remember with sadness his once famous brand

Lying in his casket with bridle in his hand

It’s like heresy when a legacy has gone away

Good cowhands riding for the brand have gone to yesterday

He’s a vanishing cowboy who rode like the wayward wind

When he grew old he chose dominoes with his friends

(Instrumental)

Grandpa knew days were comin’, he didn’t wonder

His banker issued summons that seemed like plunder

But grandpa was a cowboy, lived the cowboy code

He kept the ranch but had to have the whole herd sold

A four lane divided freeway crosses my grandpa’s ranch

The graveyard worker couldn’t see I was my grandpa’s branch

The dirt he shoveled in would soon grow flowers for his shade

I stood there for hours by a good vanishing cowboy’s grave

It’s like heresy when a legacy has gone away

Good cowhands riding for the brand have gone to yesterday

He’s a vanishing cowboy who rode like the wayward wind

When he grew old he chose dominoes with his friends

He’s a vanishing cowboy who rode for the brand

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Punkin Chunkin Pie (Larry W Jones 09/27/2019) (song #7615)

Come to the punkin chunkin and sit at my lunch table

You can eat punkin chunkin pie all day if your able

We’ll watch them chunkin punkins far as you and I can see

Come eat some punkin chunkin pie with me

We don’t need a reason cause it’s the season for romance

Out in the punkin field you and I can take a sweet chance

Eatin’ punkin pie with the polished apple of my eye

I’m your guy eatin’ punkin chunkin pie

Come to the punkin chunkin, let me whisper in your ear

My heart goes bumpin’ bumpin’ any time you’re near

I get the feelin’ that forever you will be

Here eatin’ punkin chunkin pie with me

(Instrumental)

We don’t need a reason cause it’s the season for romance

Out in the punkin field you and I can take a sweet chance

Eatin’ punkin pie with the polished apple of my eye

I’m your guy eatin’ punkin chunkin pie

Come to the punkin chunkin, let me whisper in your ear

My heart goes bumpin’ bumpin’ any time you’re near

I get the feelin’ that forever you will be

Here eatin’ punkin chunkin pie with me

Eatin’ punkin chunkin pie with me

Eatin’ punkin chunkin pie with me

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Ballad Of Montana McCoy (Larry W Jones 09/19/2019) (song #7604)

I well recall the night when he strolled in

Weather was frigid from a new cold snap

I don’t rightly know just where to begin

An oilskin coat covered the tall bold chap

He stood at the long bar rail looking tired

Then ordered a shot and gazed all around

He was a wrangler whom some folks admired

But the look on his face was full of frown

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

Then from his mouth came words quiet and low

Now, listen pards and I’ll tell you my tale

This man of the west packs a heavy load

And never more will I wrangle cow trails

I rode out of Billings and Alberton

All the way to Bridger and Yellowstone

But cattle trails have scarred this western son

And now on safer trails is where I’ll roam

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

One awful day in the cold wind and rain

We were driving cattle quite far from town

There were five of us from Helena grange

And one young cowboy from Sheridan Mound

We were all cowboys who rode the far range

Never once did we stop to count the cost

But now when I think back it seems so strange

That on one bad day five good pals were lost

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

The storm it caused a big cattle stampede

Hooves were heard pounding in the rain that poured

We rode like the wind, didn’t give no heed

That we might never see our homes no more

The lead cows were circled but none were slowed

While all of us hoped they would settle down

The whole herd looked like a river that flowed

Where a cowboy might fall and surely drown

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

The cattle were ragin’ and runnin’ wild

We cowboys tried to get the upper hand

Along with the wild herd we too were riled

Riding like all good cowboys for the brand

When I awoke the night had turned to dawn

I dragged myself to my horse feeling sore

Then I cussed that herd over what they’d done

And vowed to never drive cattle no more

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

Now, ever since that awful day and night

I’ve been roamin’ and tryin’ to forget

That wild stampede where we lost the fight

I can see the faces of lost pals yet

And sometimes at night when the moon is high

I can feel the wind tearing at my skin

I hear cowboys who never said goodbye

All five of them were like my next of kin

Here’s to those good cowboys now dead and gone

To all the pals that I hold dear

If anyone asks who must move along

Say Montana McCoy was here

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Every Bit Like You (Larry W Jones 09/26/2019) (song #7613)

Only a lady every bit like you

Can change for good only a man like me

Cause someone who is like myself alone

Can’t be strong as every bit like you

Only a lady every bit like you

Can change for good only a man like me

Cause without your love I would be so weak

A lady every bit like you I seek

(Instrumental)

Down every lane I’ll need a helping cane

On every road I carry heavy loads

Only a lady every bit like you

Can help me get along and follow through

I need someone to share my smallest dream

To help me cross the widest swollen stream

Only a lady every bit like you

Can guide along me with a love that’s true

(Instrumental)

Only a lady every bit like you

Can guide along me with a love that’s true

Only a lady every bit like you

Every bit like you

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Reminders Hang Around (Larry W Jones 09/26/2019) (song #7612)

Now, my idea was that life would renew

Not like it was back then

And that I would forget the strife and you

So I could fly again

But reminders hang around, hang around

Of broken love and promises that stay

And the coming heartaches of tomorrow

Are fed by the teardrops of yesterday

(Instrumental)

Now, sad and melancholy is my life

I remember back when

And reminders hang around, hang around

I’ll never love again

Now, I know I cannot erase you dear

Though we’re apart you’re still here in my heart

And reminders hang around, hang around

Like Mona Lisa’s faded work of art

And reminders hang around, hang around

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