music Pnumos/Robin Watson
Cowboy Jake
country jake was a tough old coot
he played jump rope with rattle snakes
kicking up dust with his alligator boots
he was busting broncos way past late
out over the ridge you can see the sparks
and the circular sound of rolling thunder
there's a ground swell where jake's legend
is taking hold, you can feel the earth shake
when the good reverend says here lies
someone who wasn't the apple of grandma's eye
but when it came to keeping the settlers straight
there was none other like cowboy jake
campfires and moonshine
all night vigils
comes a time in the woods
when it takes an untamed man
to sniff out evil, and uphold the good
in those outback hills
many an outlaw would take refuge
only the likes of cowboy jake
would do whatever it takes
to hunt and track
and deliver old town justice
to me and you
out over the ridge you can see the sparks
and the circular sound of rolling thunder
there's a ground swell where jake's legend
is taking hold, you can feel the earth shake
when the good reverend says here lies
someone who wasn't the apple of grandma's eye
but when it came to keeping the settlers straight
there was none other like cowboy jake
rittmo'