The Cowboy In a Continental Suit
well he walks out in the arena
all dressed up to the brim
said he just came down from a place called highland rim
well he said he came to ride a horse
the one they call the brute
but he didn't look like a cowboy
in his continental suit
we snickered at the way he dressed
but he never said a word
he walks on by the rest of us
as if he hadn't heard
a thousand bucks goes to the man
that could ride this wild cayusse
a meaner horse was never born
than the one they call the brute
the horse that he was looking for
was in shoot number eight
he walked up very slowly
put his hands upon the gate
we knew he was a thoroughbred
when he pulled a sac of dukes
from the inside pocket of his continental suit
well he rolled himself a querly
and he lit it standing there
blew himself a smoke ring
and watched it disappear
we thought he must be crazy
when he opened up the gate
standing just inside
was fifteen hundred pounds of hate
the buckskin tried to run him down
but the stranger was to quick
he stepped aside and threw his arms
around the horses neck
and he pulled himself upon the back
of the horse they call the brute
sitting like he was born there
in his continental suit
the brutes hind end was in the air
his front end on the ground
kickin and a squealing
trying to shake the stranger down
but he stranger didn't give an inch
he came to ride the brute
and he came to ride the buckskin
in his continental suit
when i turned around to look at jim
and he was watching me
he said i don't believe the
crazy things i think i see
well i think i see the outlaw
the one they call the brute
ridin by a cowboy in a continental suit
the brute came to a stand still
ashamed that he been rode
by a city cowboy in some continental clothes
the stranger took his money
we don't know were he went
we don't know were he came from
and we haven't seen him sense
the moral of this story
never judge by what they wear
underneath some ragged clothes
could be a millionaire
everybody listen
don't be fooled by this galute
this sure enough bronc buster
in his continental suit
Submitted by - frank howard
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