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Artist: John Fogerty
Canonical path: /john-fogerty/broken-down-cowboy
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Broken Down Cowboy
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Broken Down Cowboy
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If I was a gambling man,
never would have let you play your hand
with the broken down cowboy like me
Cos you never can trust your luck
he's bad news in a pickup truck
a broken down cowboy like me
He played every card he's got
had a good hand but he messed it up
with that bummer down tumbled down hard
Saddled banks for the pain
carries them around just like her middle name
a losing streak play them or dont
Oh he stang you along sang you a lonesome song
but he wind up alone again
No matter how hard you try
never gonna let you get inside
that tumbled down broken down hard
It's a tough riding rodeo
mean hard stewin long time ago
a broken down cowboy like me
But the way I feel about you
wouldn't want that horse to hurt you to
a broken down cowboy like me
Oh he stang you along sang you a lonesome song
but he wind up alone again
If I was a gambling man,
never would have let you play that hand
with the broken down cowboy like me
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