Pickup Cowboy

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He's a pickup cowboy crying up I-35. 
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He went and got his heart broke down in South Padre Island. 
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Now he's driving to Sioux Falls   with two bald tires. 
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He's a pickup cowboy. 


 
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He's a lowly roller. He don't need much money, 
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living on buffalo jerky and tupelo honey, 
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fishing for breakfast   in the muddy Missouri. 
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He's a pickup cowboy. 



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Good dogs get better 'til they die. 
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'Til they die. 


Instrumental 
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He's an Indian summer back in South Dakota. 
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Sleeping in his tipi, living like a Lakota 
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with his long blonde hair and his long blue yodel, 
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He's a pickup cowboy 


Outro 
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Yodel-odel-ay-ay 
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Odel-ay-ee