Faster Horses (The Cowboy Poet-Tom T.Hall

[ti:Faster Horses (The Cowboy Poet] [ar:Tom T.Hall] [al:Ultimate Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.63]Faster Horses (The Cowboy Poet - Tom T.Hall [00:01.83]Written by：Tom T.Hall [00:03.05] [00:08.98]He was an old time cowboy don't you understand [00:12.54] [00:13.05]His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tan [00:16.55] [00:17.23]His toes were pointed inward from a hanging on a horse [00:20.65] [00:21.38]He was an old philosopher of course [00:23.92] [00:25.44]He was so thin I swear you could have used him for a whip [00:29.02] [00:29.64]He had to drink a beer to keep his britches on his hips [00:33.03] [00:33.71]I knew I had to ask him about the mysteries of life [00:37.89]He spit between his boots and he replied [00:40.57] [00:41.48]It's faster horses younger women [00:44.80] [00:45.85]Older whiskey and more money [00:48.90] [00:56.80]He smiled and all his teeth were covered with tobacco stains [01:00.17] [01:01.01]He said it don't do men no good to pray for peace and rain [01:04.55] [01:05.35]Peace and rain is just a way to say prosperity [01:08.77] [01:09.32]And buffalo chips is all it means to me [01:11.80] [01:13.38]I told him I was a poet I was looking for the truth [01:16.80] [01:17.53]I do not care for horses whiskey women or the loot [01:21.08] [01:21.66]I said I was a writer my soul was all on fire [01:25.81]He looked at me and he said you are a liar [01:28.97]Sunny faster horses younger women [01:32.57] [01:33.75]Older whiskey and more money [01:37.02] [01:44.68]Well I was disillusioned if I say the least [01:48.73]I grabbed him by the collar and I jerked him to his feet [01:52.31] [01:53.13]There was something cold and shiny laying by my head [01:56.99]So I started to believe the things he said [01:59.62] [02:00.92]Well my poet days are over and I'm back to being me [02:04.64] [02:05.30]As I enjoy the peace and comfort of reality [02:08.80] [02:09.50]If my boy ever asks me what it is that I have learned [02:13.67]I think that I will readily affirm [02:16.52]Sunny faster horses younger women [02:20.57] [02:21.59]Older whiskey and more money [02:25.28] [02:25.90]Faster horses younger women [02:28.80] [02:29.86]Older whiskey and more money [02:33.44] [02:34.02]Faster horses younger women [02:37.12] [02:38.21]Older whiskey and more money [02:42.54]Faster horses younger women [02:45.48] [02:46.56]Older whiskey and more money