The Cowboy in the Continental Suit

[ti:The Cowboy in the Continental Suit] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Old School Country Classics: The 1960's, Vol. 9] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.91]The Cowboy in the Continental Suit - The Hit Crew [00:03.27] [00:04.20]Well he walks out in the arena [00:06.06]All dressed up to the brim [00:08.14]Said he'd just came down from a place [00:11.06]Called 'Highland Rim' [00:12.54]Well he said he came to ride the horse [00:14.88]The one they call 'The Brute' [00:16.90]But he didn't look like a cowboy [00:18.78]In his Continental Suit [00:20.94]We snickered at the way he dressed [00:24.31]But he never said a word [00:26.31]He walks on by the rest of us [00:28.66]As if he hadn't heard [00:30.39]A thousand bucks went to the man [00:32.49]Who could ride this wild cayuse [00:34.91]A meaner horse was never born [00:37.03]Than the one they called 'The Brute' [00:39.42]The horse that he was looking for [00:42.26]Was in chute number eight [00:44.52]He walked up very slowly [00:46.06]Put his hand upon the gate [00:48.53]We knew he was a thoroughbred [00:50.74]When he pulled his sack of 'Dukes' [00:52.81]From the inside pocket [00:54.78]Of his Continental Suit [00:57.26]Well he rolled hisself a 'Corley' [01:02.23]And he lit it standing there [01:04.65]Blew himself a smoke ring [01:06.81]And he watched it disappear [01:08.78]We thought he must be crazy [01:10.76]When he opened up the gate [01:12.69]Standing just inside was [01:15.07]Fifteen hundred pounds of hate [01:17.28]The Buckskin tried to run him down [01:20.68]But the stranger was too quick [01:22.60]He stepped aside and threw his arms [01:24.87]Around the horse's neck [01:26.99]And pulled himself up on the back [01:29.13]Of the horse they called 'The Brute' [01:31.04]Sit like he was born there [01:33.16]In his Continental Suit [01:35.60]'The Brute's' hind-end was in the air [01:38.48]His front end on the ground [01:40.74]Kickin' and a-squealin' tryin' to [01:43.09]Shake this stranger down [01:44.65]But the stranger didn't give an inch [01:47.33]He came to ride 'The Brute' [01:49.16]And he came to ride the Buckskin [01:50.91]In a Continental Suit [01:53.42]Well I turned around to look at Jim [01:58.58]And he was watchin' me [02:00.74]He said "I don't believe [02:02.07]The crazy things I think I see" [02:04.58]"But I think I see the outlaw [02:06.95]The one they call 'The Brute' [02:09.10]Ridden by a cowboy [02:11.32]In a Continental Suit" [02:13.18]'The Brute' came to a stand-still [02:16.30]Ashamed that he'd been rode [02:18.44]By a city cowboy in [02:21.10]Some Continental clothes [02:22.94]The stranger took his money [02:24.54]And we don't know where he went [02:26.89]We don't know where he came from [02:29.49]And we haven't seen him since [02:31.39]The moral of this story [02:34.53]Never judge by what they wear [02:36.77]Underneath some ragged clothes [02:38.94]Could be a millionaire [02:41.61]Everybody listen [02:42.96]Don't be fooled by this galoot [02:45.57]This sure 'nough bronc buster [02:47.65]In a Continental Suit