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Farther Down the Line Lyrics by Michael Martin Murphey

Cowboy Songs Four

1998

Let's have a hand for that young cowboy
And wish him better luck next time
And hope we see him up in Fargo
Or somewhere farther down the line
This time he sure drew a bad one
One that nobody could ride
But by the way he pulled his hat on
You knew he'd be there for the fight

And it's the classic contradiction
The unavoidable affliction
It don't take much to predict son
The way it always goes
Because one day she'll say she loves you
And the next she'll be tired of you
And push'll always come to shove you
On that midnight rodeo

He almost made it to the buzzer
Somehow he gave up in the end
He put one hand around the other
And let that pickup man on in
It was his last chance to ride
And now he'll have to move along
But he knows back in his mind
He won't be away for long

And it's the classic contradiction
The unavoidable affliction
It don't take much to predict son
The way it always goes
Because one day she'll say she loves you
And the next she'll be tired of you
Push'll always come to shove you
On that midnight rodeo

Let's have a hand for that young cowboy
And wish him better luck next time
And hope we see him up in Fargo
Somewhere farther down the line

About “Farther Down the Line” by Michael Martin Murphey

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"Farther Down the Line" appears on "Cowboy Songs Four" in 1998.

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