Anneliese Van Der Pol

Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

Anneliese Van Der Pol


Captain Fantastic raised and regimented, hardly a hero 
Just someone his mother might know 
Very clearly a case for corn flakes and classics 
"Two teas both with sugar please" 
In the back of an alley 

While little Dirt Cowboys turned brown in their saddles 
Sweet chocolate biscuits and red rosy apples in summer 
For it's hay make and "Hey mom, do the papers say anything good? 
Are there chances in life for little Dirt Cowboys? 
Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?" 

Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing 
City slick Captain 
Fantastic the feedback 
The honey the hive could be holding 

For there's weak winged young sparrows that starve in the winter 
Broken young children on the wheels of the winners 
And the sixty-eight summer festival wallflowers are thinning 
For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range 

Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change 
We've thrown in the towel too many times 
Out for the count and when we're down 
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 
From the end of the world to your town 

And all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us 
Mmmmmhmmmm, Couldn't fool us 
For we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire 
Hand in hand went music and the rhyme 
The Captain and the Kid stepping in the ring 
From here on sonny sonny sonny, it's a long and lonely climb 

For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range 
Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change 
We've thrown in the towel too many times 
Out for the count and when we're down 
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 
From the end of the world to your town 
We've thrown in the towel too many times 
Out for the count and when we're down 
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 
From the end of the world to your town