Songs Of The Kingwood Kowboy

I Stopped Loving You (Larry W. Jones 01/17/2012) (song #6541)

Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time

To give up old memories of when you were mine

My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away

I stopped loving you and started living today

I spent countless hours in daydreams of you

Of the long ago when you were still true

I wasted time on a fine work of art

I stopped loving you so new love could start

(instrumental)

I spent countless hours in daydreams of you

Of the long ago when you were still true

I wasted time on a fine work of art

I just stopped loving you, new love can start

Dear, I stopped loving you, it took such a long time

To give up old memories of when you were mine

My old sweet dreams of you have almost gone away

I stopped loving you and started living today

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Larimer County Homestead (Larry W. Jones 01/18/2012) (song #6542)

Larry Jones is my name, as I have recounted

I’m in Colorado in Larimer County

Yes folks, you’ll find me out west where I make my bed

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Hurrah for Larimer County, it’s home for me

And it’s home for the bed bug, grasshopper and flea

I’ll sing to it praises though I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Now, my hut is made from logs in Homestead Meadows

The pine walls are solid and keep in the shadows

But the old roof has no pitch and when the winds blow

It sure is a cinch that it will let in the snow

I’m happy on my one hundred sixty acres

Thanks to Larimer County’s movers and shakers

But I’ve got nothing to eat, from no rows to hoe

Now I think nothing from nothing adds up to zero

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

Though prairie rattlesnakes hiss their tune at my head

Centipedes have many legs, they walk with no fear

But I fear they’ll lay their many eggs in my ear

Now, you other homesteaders, you say you will stay

And chew on smoked beef jerky til you’re old and gray

But as for myself, I’m done with hard tack and dread

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

My clothes, they are all rags and the life here is rough

My food is corn dodgers, of them I’ve had enough

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

So I’ll go back to bed after the dogs are fed

Bye to Colorado and Larimer County

One hundred sixty acres is not a bounty

I won’t sing it praises cause I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Adios to Larimer County and the west

Back home to Texas is where’s the land I love best

I’ll marry me a wife on a west Texas spread

Quit starving to death on my Larimer homestead

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Skew Ball Paint (Larry W. Jones 01/16/2012) (song #6540)

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

Now, it was down in Texas I rode

To break broncos or get myself throwed

I crossed the Red River for the work

With a six shooter on Texas dirt

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

They roped out for me a skew ball paint

With double rigged saddle for restraint

Well, being afraid I surely ain’t

So I climbed on that wild skew ball paint

(instrumental)

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

He bucked so hard I swallowed my wad

Afore ten yard I wallowed the sod

I told the ranch boss I just resigned

Boys, he laughed so hard he looked plum blind

Well boys, back across the Red I rode

Where the Kansas and Texas rivers flowed

That skew ball paint didn’t like the load

I break broncos but got myself throwed

Whoa Skew Ball, I’m gonna straddle you til I fall

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Time Changes Nothing Now (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song #6539)

It changes nothing now what this life brings to me

Cause I’ll be alright from now til eternity

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

Dear, it was only a year ago since we met

I never thought that you would go, to my regret

But now you’re gone and you’ve retracted every vow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

(instrumental)

Dear, now that you have gone and left me here so blue

I can only blame myself since I can’t blame you

Whatever happened, I don’t understand just how

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

As water flows under a bridge and is soon gone

I’ll soon forget all the love from you I have known

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

Whatever, there will be no worry on my brow

Nothing matters because time changes nothing now

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It Appears And Departs (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song #6538)

My friends ask if I still love you

And they ask how I’m doing now

They ask me if I’m feeling blue

Any sadness I just disavow

The truth is hard for me to say

I’m not good at such works of art

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

It appears and departs alright

Oh, it appears when I awake

And it doesn’t depart all night

Oh, a man has a lot of pride

So he can’t admit that he cried

For a love he has in his heart

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

My friends ask why you departed

And if I’ve found anyone since

I just answer them half-hearted

I know they laugh at my expense

The truth is hard for me to say

I’m not good at such works of art

I just say nothing bothers me

Because it appears and departs

Pain of heart appears and departs

It appears and departs

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On Mountains In Colorado (Larry W. Jones 01/15/2012) (song #6537)

Up on top of the mountains in Colorado

There, tall snow capped peaks greet the sun

That shines above the tree line in Colorado

For all to see that night is done

Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below

That beg my return to its glow

Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago

On mountains in Colorado

(instrumental)

(Up on top of the mountains in Colorado)

There tall snow capped peaks greet the sun

(That shines above the tree line in Colorado)

For all to see that night is done

Summer winds blow warm on golden grain fields below

That beg my return to its glow

Where I can live my childhood dreams of long ago

On mountains in Colorado

(On mountains in Colorado)

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Be A Texas Cowboy (Larry W. Jones 01/14/2012) (song #6536)

Well, I’m a Texas cowboy far away from home

When I ride back to Texas, I will no more roam

Montana is too cold and winters are too long

Before Spring roundups start, your money is all gone

I worked the X-I-T which now I’ll never see

Lest I go back to Texas and they pardon me

I’ve worked in Nebraska where grass grows ten feet high

Cattle are the rustlers, they make good cowboys die

(instrumental)

I’ve worked in the sand hills and down along the Platte

Most cowboys are good fellers and cattle are fat

I traveled this whole country and worked for the brand

All through the Indian Nation and the Rio Grande

All along the Yellowstone where it’s cold year round

Boys, I got consumption from sleeping on the ground

The badlands of Montana are the worst I’ve seen

Ain’t no place for tenderfeet and cows are too lean

(instrumental)

So all you Texas cowboys, take warning from me

Go to Montana but leave your money with me

Just work down in Texas all the whole year around

You won’t get consumption from sleeping on the ground

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I Will See You In My Dreams (Larry W. Jones 01/13/2012) (song #6535)

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

When you are here safe in my arms

And I will dwell in thoughts of you

Well on into the daytime too

Til I can see your many charms

The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of

All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

(instrumental)

The sun and moon above know who I’m dreaming of

All the heavenly stars brightly shine just for you

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

Dear, I will see you in my dreams

Til I can see you one more time

So darling, remember you’re mine

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X-I-T Range (Larry W. Jones 01/12/2012) (song #6534)

Come gather round cowboys and listen to my song

For I’m sure you’ll be pleased and it won’t take too long

I’ll sing to you of things that you may not agree

Of the Texas panhandle’s famous X-I-T

If you ride to Dalhart, find Rufus Jack Bradley

He’s the big wagon boss and he’ll treat you badly

He’ll toss you on a hoss on three million acres

And he’ll make you break a hundred widow-makers

When you ride up to the Escabada bunkhouse

You’ll see sod upon the roof, and for sure a mouse

Ask what it is and you’ll be told the same as me

Greenhorn, this is your bed on the big X-I-T

Oh, for sure you’ll rise early morn before daybreak

And boys, you’ll scorn the taste of cold X-I-T steak

And for fixin’ fences in rain, don’t think it strange

Cause you’re now employed on the big X-I-T range

Some cowboys say X-I-T means Ten In Texas

But I know a ten’s as big as my paycheck is

And boys, if to Mr. Farwell you wish to complain

You won’t be gettin’ far on the X-I-T range

Now you cowboys, I no longer here can remain

And I hope my Texas song has caused you no pain

But when I am gone, now don’t you think of me strange

For I’ve been a cowhand on the X-I-T range

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I’d Give Up Tomorrow (Larry W. Jones 01/12/2012) (song #6533)

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

For what good is tomorrow with no one to love

I’d give up tomorrow with all its clouds of gray

To take back today the one love I’m dreaming of

Tomorrow will open an empty world for me

I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow

(instrumental)

Tomorrow will open an empty world for me

I’ll give in to sorrow more than I’m having now

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I don’t want tomorrow without love anyhow

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

I’d give up tomorrow to take back yesterday

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