Written by Johnny Cash
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I have always had my heroes
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I've loved a lot of legends
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Many men in my mind are riding tall
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But my cowboy hero hat's off
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To the man who rode a donkey
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He's the greatest cowboy of them all
He loves all His little doggies
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He speaks to them kind and gentle
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And He'll lift up any maverick that falls
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He sees every stray that's scatters
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Like he's the only one that matters
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He's the greatest cowboy of them all
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Once He rode into the sunset
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Of some returning sunrise
He'll call up all the riders in the sky
I'll get my roll together
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Getting ready for that roundup
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That winds up where old cowboys never die
The trail He rides is narrow
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But it's straighter than an arrow
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And He rides point for all the great and small
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He will take us through the wire
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On to that plane that's higher
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He's the greatest cowboy of them all
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Once He rode into the sunset
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Of some returning sunrise
He'll call up all the riders in the sky
I'll get my roll together
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Getting ready for that roundup
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That winds up where old cowboys never die
The trail He rides is narrow
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But it's straighter than an arrow
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And He rides point for all the great and small
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He will take us through the wire
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On to that plane that's higher
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He's the greatest cowboy of them all
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He's the greatest cowboy of them all
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