Cable Car Cowboy
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FGoggy San Francisco two tChousand miles from hGome
Chasing after a lady I'd lDike to call my own
I've been oGut of work since I left my job on the BCar-K cattle ranch
Where my mEmamma cried "Think it oCver son befDore you take a cGhance."
And lord I sure do miss the folks and aCll those friends of mGine
The city's pretty lonely when a mDan's just killing time
The pGeople never stop to talk or lCook you in the eye
And the bEmuildings there they gCrow so tall they cDover up the sGky
But I wDent for a job the other day the man lCooked me up and dGown
He said "YAou're a horse-riding cowboy who looks like he just hit tDown
But iCf you can swing a rGope I rDeckon you can ring a bEmell
And if a bGucking bronc can't tChrow you off youâ??llD hold the curves asG well
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WGell I didn't know what he was getting at 'til he tCook me to this bGarn
A great big place with high brick walls not like dDown on the farm
InsGtead of hay and horses it had cCement steel and tar
He said "HEmop on board and lCet me see if yDou can drive a cable cGar"
Well it lDooked like a little house with wCindows all arGound
A lAittle room set on the back and steps down to the gDround
A rCoof and a porch and bGenches and wDheels set on a tEmrack
I'd nGever seen such a dCoggone thing but I dDidn't tell him tGhat
So mCamma don't you wGorry things are rDeally going fGine
I'm wCorking now as a bGrakeman on the CDalifornia Line
And the fGolks are mighty friendly when they hCop on for a rEmide
And wGhen it's cold and rCainy my lady lDoves to ride insGide
You can say I'm still a cowboy it's just a dCifferent horse I rGide
I round up strays on the city streets and I sDpend my days outside
These hGills of San Francisco are my oCwn West Texas plains
And rEminging a bell is like sCinging to those dDogies on the rGange