Classic Country Lyrics: "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" von Ed Bruce

Dieser Song wurde ein Riesenhit, hat aber auch
eine tragische Komponente: Ed Bruce schrieb
den Song zusammen mit seiner damaligen Frau
Patsy, und nach der Scheidung stritten sie sich
darum, wem der grössere Anteil der Tantiemen
zugestand. Harmonischer hatten es da Waylon
Jennings und Willie Nelson, die den Song im
Duett aufnahmen und damit erst so richtig be-
kannt machten.

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis
And each night begins a new day
If you don't understand him, and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away

Chorus:
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain 
mornings
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that 
do
Sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let 
him
Do things to make you think he's right

(Repeat Chorus)