THE MYSTIC COWBOYS: Bar Room Prayers

The Mystic Cowboys

Bar Room Prayers

© 2002 Nightshelf Music Publishing (634479489396) (format: CD-R)

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A mixture of country, rock, Dakota folk and a hint of blues; Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Prine.

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Political, emotional, spiritual, edgy, hopeful, spirited, inspired, mystical, thought-provoking, a living contradiction, Americana, consisting of styles using shades of country/rock/folk/blues and gospel.

The Mystic Cowboys is an eclectic group of various artists spanning a couple of decades and always led by the tunesmith, Dan Johnson. If you like most of what's playing endlessly on the current radio charts, you'll probably hate this original stuff.

Following are the lyrics for this CD:

***Grow My Hair
Gonna grow my hair long again
Gonna find my own groove
Gonna play them old songs again
See how they improve

Diamonds and tears
Made me so rich
Life is worth living
It’s a son of a bitch

Gonna grow my hair long again
Slow down my life
Gonna fall in love again
Slow dance with my wife

I pray for peace
Pray for that white dove
Pray for forgiveness
Pray for love

Gonna grow my hair long again
Like a red-headed stranger
Trust the hair on my neck again
When I get close to danger

I know that the dancing
Needs the music
They both need each other
Most times that’s the trick
Gonna grow my hair long again
Gonna grow my hair long again

***Butterflies
Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies
With arms wide open you gather up the wind
Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette
With that sun going down
And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

There’s a cool breeze blowing down my back
This is the best part of the day
You wave like a little schoolgirl at the sailboats
That are slipping across the bay

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies
With arms wide open you gather up the wind
Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette
With that sun going down
And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

That straw hat you look like a cowboy’s girl
And the yellow butterflies circling about your feet
I might have just glanced into the future
To a place where the sunshine, you and I will meet
Yeah

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies
With arms wide open you gather up the wind
Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette
With that sun going down
And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies
With arms wide open you gather up the wind
You’re such a nice soft silhouette
With that sun going down
And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in
And that pink sky baby that you’ve been dancing in

***Man in Black Passed
Ain’t no trains should run today
The man in black has passed away
Uh huh huh

He sang for prisoners
Gave them hope and joy
Became a great man from a cotton-picking boy
Mm mm mm

Heard the news this morning at 7
Another Highwayman has gone to Heaven
But there ain’t no train should run today
The man in black has passed away
Mm mm mm

Him and Luther
They found a sound
And it was Ira Hayes and Sunday Morning Coming Down

But there ain’t no train should run today
The man in black has passed away
Mm mm mm

Preached the word
With Billy Graham
But he never forgot about the common man
Mm mm mm

Followed June in September
They were a loving couple we should all remember
But there ain’t no train should run today
The man in black has passed away
Uh huh huh

There ain’t no trains should run today
The man in black has passed away
Mm mm mm

***Nobody Minds If I Don’t Drink
Laying around here letting my body mend
I felt the rage of another good friend
He took a life before he finally struck
Didn’t take long to sober me up
No it didn’t take long to sober me up

I wondered if I’d get fired or not
Wasn’t the first time that we fought
He gave me a sad song a smile and a wink
He said I wouldn’t mind if you didn’t drink
I wouldn’t mind if you didn’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink
That’s not the way this old body thinks
When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks
Nobody minds when I don’t drink
Nobody minds when I don’t drink

So now my reputation’s not good
So many reasons to quit and I know I should
This situation’s not easy at all
Wherever I run there’s always a wall
Wherever I run there’s always a wall

Nobody minds when I don’t drink
That’s not the way this old body thinks
When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks
Nobody minds when I don’t drink
Nobody minds when I don’t drink

I lost my job my friends and my wife
Thought long and hard about taking my life
There’s always been someone to keep me on track
Now I’m alone, they all turned their backs
Now I’m alone, they all turned their backs

Nobody minds when I don’t drink
That’s not the way this old body thinks
When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks
Nobody minds when I don’t drink
Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink
That’s not the way this old body thinks
When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks
Nobody minds when I don’t drink
Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Now this song’s almost over and I’m starting to think
Maybe I wouldn’t mind if I didn’t drink

***Long Lazy
You can’t jump rope yesterday
It might be hopscotch tomorrow
So let’s play outside today
I’ll carry you all the way

That’s the thing that needs doing
I’ll be your long lazy
Late evening sunlight
When you’re feeling dark as midnight

If we unplug the phone it won’t ring
If I get some bait we can go fishing
We probably won’t catch a thing
We can sit and let those crickets sing

That’s the thing that needs doing
I’ll be your long lazy
Late evening sunlight
When you’re feeling dark as midnight

I’ll be your long lazy
Late evening sunlight
I’ll be your long lazy
Late evening sunlight
When you’re feeling dark as midnight

***I’m in Love with my Wife
Sometimes it takes the moonlight
Dancing in my baby’s eyes
Or whispers in the wind
Before I realize

I don’t need a chauffeur
I lead a charmed and happy life
I don’t have much money
Oh but I’m lucky
I’m still in love with my wife

Sometimes it takes candles
And a glass of red wine
To capture her in the moment
Piece of perfect time

I don’t need a chauffeur
I lead a charmed and happy life
I don’t have much money
But I know I’m lucky
Cause I’m still in love with my wife

I don’t need a chauffeur
I lead a charmed and happy life
I don’t have much money
But I know I’m lucky
Cause I’m still in love with my wife

I’m still in love with my wife
Yes I’m still in love with my wife

***Coyote Crazy
I’m coyote crazy
From staring at the sun
Ooo ooo
And I’m coyote crazy
Looking for a better place to run

You have never run with me before
Now you know where I rest
The river where I take my water
Walk it up to my chest

I’m coyote crazy
From staring at the sun
Ooo ooo
And I’m coyote crazy
Looking for a better place to run

Every night I crawl inside the sundown
Underneath the moon I reappear
Sometimes I sneak up on my own shadow
And ask myself what the hell am I doing here

I’m coyote crazy
From staring at the sun
Ooo ooo
I’m coyote crazy
Looking for a better place to run

Now I’m coyote crazy
Starting to figure out what I am
Ooo ooo
I’m coyote crazy
With one eye on the rifle man
I’m coyote crazy

***Fairy Tales
I believe in fairy tales
Run away lovers when all else fails
Take my hand and see where it leads
There’s angels help us with our needs

Cause I believe in fairy tales
I believe in fairy tales
Rainbow islands where lovers sail
I believe you’re my princess from the East
There comes a dragon, I’ll slay the beast

Cause I believe in fairy tales
Starlight is shining it’s light on you
I see the princess coming through
I’ve loved you since we first met
I know I’ll love you ‘til they lay me to rest

Cause I believe in fairy tales
I believe in fairy tales
I believe in fairy tales

***Sioux City Sue Revisited
Friday night stockyard bars at Sioux City
A blues band down at Rhonda’s Speak Easy
At the Cattlemen’s bartender’s smothering one of 5 customers
Pretty woman drunk and so sad
I think she may be Sioux City Sue

Well my hand is broke from a fight I may have picked
The stockyards have beat me again
The fog from the river is a curtain for an actress
Pretty woman drunk and so sad
I think she may be Sioux City Sue

I listen but the whiskey is waxing my ears
She said nothing is pretty anymore
The manure painted panels have given up their white
Says that pretty woman drunk and so sad
I think she may be Sioux City Sue

I laid down in the snow and in my stock trailer
I locked the keys in my pickup truck
She found a blanket in her car covered me up as she left
Such a pretty woman drunk and so sad
I think she may be Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue
Ain’t no girl sweet as my sweet Sioux City Sue

***Sober
Well I’m a honky tonker
That ain’t drinking any more
But I still play music
In bars with dance floors

Sometimes I swear that music
Sounds like angels in my head
But I get to drinking whiskey
And the devil leaves me for dead

I can’t say for sure
I won’t drink no more
I can’t say that my lost days are over
But thank God
Thank God
I’m, I’m staying sober

Only time will tell
But time don’t show its hand
There’s so many guys just like me
Playing in bands
This song is going out
On the wings of a prayer
So let me find those pickers
Where there’s whiskey in the air

I can’t say for sure
I won’t drink no more
I can’t say that my lost days are over
But I thank God
Well I thank God
That I’m staying sober

Well I thank God
I thank God
I’m staying sober
One day at a time
Lord, grant me serenity

***Tombstones and Statues
There was an angel holding a bird
I had to stop for the night
It was a statue that looked so real
In that fading evening light

And I was looking for protection
From that worry in my mind
But I found salvation
Just across that county line

Between the light and darkness eyes fail
You can only feel
Tombstones and statues are there to remind you
Things you cannot see are real

I was looking for protection
From the worry in my mind
But I found salvation
Just across that county line

Tombstones and statues are there to remind us
Tombstones and statues are there to remind us

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