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I Walk Alone

from Fretbuzz by John Egenes

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Some guys are just born losers and some guys got all the luck
that horse I just drew, y’know he sure can buck
I’ve seen him once before, at a rodeo up in Cheyenne
and it didn’t take but 3 jumps outta the chute for that horse to get his man
he’s the toughest on the circuit, all the cowboys call him, “I Walk Alone”
and you know you got yourself a world of grief if you draw that baldfaced roan.

I sit myself down on him and I pull that rigging tightly in my glove
feel that horse tense under me, checking out the cowboy up above
and I know he knows a few things and he’s damned sure gonna take me through the course
I nod my head and holler to the man, “Let’s have a horse”

I knew that horse was stout, but his first two steps still took me by surprise
I guess I should’ve known, I could see the fire in his eyes
he’s movin’ like a dancer, but he does a step ain’t no cowboy could foller
and then I’m on the ground and that bareback bronc has got my thirty dollars
I can’t recall a time when my body didn’t hurt
some cowboy always winds up with my money, and I wind up in the dirt

Some guys are just born losers, and some guys, they got all the luck
that horse I just drew, y’know he sure can buck
he’s the toughest on the circuit, the cowboys call him, “I Walk Alone”
and you know you’ve got yourself a world of grief if you draw that baldfaced roan
well, cowboys ain’t like angels and there ain’t no way for them to learn to fly
but every time they climb aboard a bronc, y’know they’re damned sure gonna try
every time they step up on a horse, they’re damned sure gonna try

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from Fretbuzz, released February 1, 2007
Alan Anderson: drums
Rob Burns: bass
John Egenes: rhythm guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, mandolin

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

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