How A Cowboy Lives

	  		
Intro  
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Verse 
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He left gravel flyin', tears fallin' from her eyes 
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When he got home that evenin', he didn't a- pologize 
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He left a rose on the table, she let that be e- nough 
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She loved him e- nough to know how a cowboy loves 
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It's just how a cowboy loves 

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She tried to ride it out, but she couldn't keep hangin' on 
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Now he sees her around, but she's ne- ver alone 
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He keeps the storms clouds hidden behind the wall of pride 
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Laughs out loud, spits on the ground, that's how a cowboy cries 
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It's just how a cowboy cries 
 
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Unwritten rules, unspoken words 
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Never show your hand or hang your head, no matter how it hurts 
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Sometimes you get thrown, but you get back on and ride 
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That's how a cowboy lives, that's how a cowboy dies 

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Now he makes his mistakes, they weigh on his soul 
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His altar is an open sky, a church where no one goes 
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He knows God understands him, 'cause he made him that way 
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Silent- ly he makes his peace, that's how a cowboy prays 
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It's just how a cowboy prays 


Instrumental 
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Sometimes you get thrown, but you get back on and ride 
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That's how a cowboy lives, 
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That's how a cowboy dies 
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That's how a cowboy lives