Don Edwards - Make Me a Cowboy Again for a Day lyrics

Backward turn backward oh time with your wheels Bicycles, wagons, and automobiles Dress me again in a big Stetson hat Spurs, flannel shirt and slicker and chaps Put a six-shooter or two in my hands Show me a yearlin' to rope and to brand Out where the sage brush is dusty and gray Make me a cowboy again for a day Give me a bronco that knows how to dance Blue roan in color and wicked of glance New to the feeling of bridle and bit Give me a quirt that will sting when it hits Strap on a blanket behind in a roll Toss me a lariat dear to my soul Over the trail let me gallop away Make me a cowboy again for a day Thunder of hoofs on the range as you ride Hissin' of iron and the sizzlin of hide The bellow of cattle and the snort of cayuse Longhorns of Texas as well as the duces Midnight stampedes and the millin' of herds Yells of the cowboys too angry for words And right in the midst of it all let me say Make me a cowboy again for a day Now under the star-studded sky so vast Campfire and coffee and comfort at last And bacon that sizzles and crisps in the pan And after the roundup smells good to a man Stories of cowboys and outlaws retold Over the pipes as the embers grow cold These are the tunes that old memories play Make me a cowboy again for a day