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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

from Same Sun Shines by Sara Radle

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Cowboys ain't easy to love, and they're harder to hold
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levi's
And each night begins a new day
If you don't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Let them be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they're never at home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smoky poolrooms and clear mountain mornings
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different
But his mind won't let him do things to make you think he's right

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Let them be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they're never at home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

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from Same Sun Shines, released February 21, 2012
Music and lyrics by Ed and Patsy Bruce
Guest duet vocals by Mary Lou Lord

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Sara Radle Los Angeles

With her fifth solo record, Same Sun Shines, Sara Radle (formerly of The Rentals, Lucy Loves Schroeder, and Walking Sleep) displays her full versatility as a musician by playing every instrument on the record, including guitars, drums, piano, and violin. She also entered new territory by engineering and mixing the record’s collection of ten infectious pop songs herself. ... more

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