Sad and Lonely Cowboy

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A Sad and Lonely Cowboy Neihart/Svendsen © 2025 I’m a sad and lonely cowboy Living out here on the range Aint got no home aint got no family And nothing ever seems to change So I mount my horse and ride to town Looking for my favorite gal, That’s Rita, my siniorita I spot her on the dance room floor In the arms of another man, oh no! I walk away… So lonely The days and nights all run together And I’m here stewing in my pain, Rita’s riding through my memories, The pounding hooves the driving rain With an angry heart I ride to town, Looking for to gun him down my rival, for my Rita A shot rings out a man falls dead Rita’s eyes are dark and dread Oh no, I ride away.. still lonely With a heart full of sorrow, I went back to the town, Looking for my Rita She only let me down I just killed the man Fate was in my hand And no one told me I’d wind up lonely So I fled back to the Prairie Where the law they tracked me down I can only think of Rita As they haul me back to town In a dusty cell I’ll face my fate Knowing that its far too late For me and my Rita They’ll swing me from the courthouse tree Knowing that I’ll soon be free I’d like to say I died Lonely CREDITS: Written by Mark Neihart and Jim Svendsen Produced by Radishman Music Recorded at Radishman Studio, 2024 Artist: Mark Neihart Vocal, Guitar: Mark Neihart Bass, Dobro: Mark Smith Engineered and mixed by: Mark Neihart

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