Don Edwards - The Pecos Stream lyrics

A cowboy life is a dreary dreary life Some say it's free from care Rounding up cattle from morning to night In the middle of the prairie so bare Half past four the noisy cook'll roar "Roll out boys, it's the breaking of day" Slowly we rise with sleepy feeling eyes The sweet dreamy night pa**ed away The cowboy life is a dreary dreary life All out in the heat and the cold While the rich man is sleeping on his velvet couch And he's dreaming of his silver and gold Spring sets in and our troubles all begin The weather being fierce and cold And we're almost froze from the water on our clothes And the cattle we can scarcely hold Oh, the cowboy life is a dreary dreary life From dawn till setting sun And then his days work it is not done There's still his night guard to go on Now the wolves and the owls and the terrifying howls Disturb us in our midnight dream While we're laying in our slickers on a cold rainy night Way over on the Pecos Stream You could talk about your farms and your big city charms You could talk about your silver and gold But the cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life When you're driving through the heat and the cold I once loved to roam, but now I stay at home All you punchers take my advice Sell your bridle and your saddle, quit your rowing and travels And tie on to a pretty little wife