Flying Cowboys Lyrics

The song Flying Cowboys is performed by Rickie Lee Jones in the album named Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology in the year 2005 .



Down there by the river is a man
Whose born is twisted into shapes
Unknown to the wicked and the wise
And he bears the look of an animal
Who's seen things no animal should ever see
He has been driven beyond all towns
And all the systems until now though it is
Long past too far he keeps going

Because it's a desert
Because it's a desert

We come to the river
We'll walk away from all this now
We come to the water
We'll walk away from all this now

She first saw him he was standing in the doorway
Illuminated from behind by a light
Though imaginary posses chased them
To these distant adobes
Standing on the cliffs today
I thought I saw you below
My shadow growing smaller

It's a desert because
Because it's a desert
They'll be asking me about you forever
I guess

We come to the river
We'll walk away from all this now
We come to the water
We'll walk away from all this now

Long coats on the prairie
Lying in the dust
Who can I turn to ?
Who can I trust ?
Were you walking on the water ?
Playing in the sun ?
But the world is turning faster
Than it did when I was young

When I was young
When I was young

Oh, when I was young I was a wild, wild one



Rickie Lee Jones - Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology

Jun 2005

  1. A Tree On Allenford
  2. Alter Boy
  3. Beat Angels
  4. Bitchenostrophy
  5. Bye Bye Blackbird
  6. Chuck E's In Love
  7. Company
  8. Coolsville
  9. Cycles
  10. Firewalker
  11. Flying Cowboys
  12. Ghost Train
  13. Hey Bub
  14. It Must Be Love
  15. Living It Up
  16. Magazing
  17. On Saturday Afternoons in 1963
  18. Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
  19. Sailor Song
  20. Satellites
  21. Scary Chinese Movie
  22. Skeletons
  23. Stewart's Coat
  24. Horses
  25. Last Chance Texaco
  26. Tigers
  27. Traces of the Western Slopes
  28. Ugly Man
  29. Up From the Skies
  30. Vessel of Light
  31. We Belong Together
  32. Weasel and the White Boys Cool
  33. Woody and Dutch On The Slow Train to Peking
  34. Sunshine Superman
  35. Makin' Whoopee! -- with Dr. John
  36. Autumn Leaves -- with Rob Wasserman
  37. Evening of My Best Day (Live)
  38. Atlas Marker (Aviator) (Live) -- with Bill Frisell
  39. Easter Parade -- with Blue Nile
  40. My Funny Valentine (Live)
  41. Young Blood (Demo)
  42. After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight) (Demo)
  43. Easy Money (Demo)
  44. Rodeo Girl (Demo)
  45. Satellites (Demo)
  46. Atlas Marker (Bruce Mix-Demo)
  47. Theme from Gravity (Demo)
  48. Rondo for 3 Apartments on 34th Street (Demo)

Flying Cowboys