Duke Special - Old Folks And Cow Pokes lyrics

Well I been away for ever so long And I wrote me a book and ten thousand songs I dined with the princes and kings of this land But I never stopped thinking of you Well the tricks of my trade are beginning to fade The wind wants to take them away And I'd surely be lost without my old horse But the road just won't give up its hay As I dazzle and smile I hide all the while And my body slows down every day There's no princes or kings, just old folks and cowpokes And never a glimmer of you Well I'm told by a few that the earth is a globe And that ain't hard to appreciate when you're on the road It moves and it shifts and it never stays still Why I don't suppose if ever it will The tricks of my trade are now lost in the shade The wind took 'em a long time ago And my faithful old horse has now turned into dust All that's left of him now is his bones Well I dazzled, I smiled, but I hid all the while And my body's near broken in two I'm checking the view for old folks and cowpokes And hoping for a glimmer of you, my love Hoping for a glimmer of you