Rex Allen Jr.

Last Of The Silver Screen Cowboys

Rex Allen Jr.


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[Verse 1]
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The last of the silver screen cowboys
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The last of a fast dyin' breed
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Cattle a grazin' six guns a blazin'
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God knows this is what America still needs


[Verse 2]
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The last of the silver screen cowboys
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Standin' tall for what he believes is right
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Don't push him around cause more than one villain's found
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That he don't back down from a fight


[Bridge]
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Roy and Trigger we loved you
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And Hoppy we saved up our dimes
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For the Saturday double features
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And we sat through both movies two times
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Gene Lash and Rex were our heroes
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We knew good would win in the end
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If we could just turn back the pages
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And ride those old trails once again


[Verse 3]
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The last of the silver screen cowboys
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We settled the score with our fists
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How we loved little babies treated women like ladies
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But it was only our horse that we kissed


[Verse 4]
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Then the time slipped away fore we knew it
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And you little wranglers put up your play guns and your toys
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But memories don't die and we're still ridin' high
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We're the last of the silver screen cowboys