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Lonesome L.A. Cowboy

Source Recording: Old and in the Way (1996)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Peter Rowan

First Release

New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)

Genres

Folk

Themes

Cowboy Struggle

Attributes

Flat Chords

Popularity

Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist

Old and in the Way

Album

That High Lonesome Sound (1996)

Key A Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 125 BPM Length 4:21 ISRC USAD49900583

Musicians

Peter Rowan — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jerry Garcia — Backup Vocals, Banjo
David Grisman — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
Vassar Clements — Fiddle
John Kahn — Bass

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Other Notable Recordings

Lonesome L.A. Cowboy

New Riders of the Purple Sage · The Adventures of Panama Red (1973)

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Musicians

John Dawson

Lonesome L.A. Cowboy

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I’m just a lonesome L.A. cowboy hangin’ out and hangin’ on

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To your window ledge callin’ your name from midnight until dawn

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I’ve been smokin’ dope snortin’ coke tryin’ to write a song

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Forgettin’ everything I know ’til the next line comes along

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Forgettin’ everything I know ’til the next line comes along

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So many pretty people in this city and I swear some of them are girls

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I’ll meet ’em down at Barney’s Beanery in their platform shoes and spit curls

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I’ll buy ’em drinks we smoke our hopes and try to make it one more night

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But when I’m left alone at last I feel like I’ll die from fright

I know Kris and Rita and Marty Mull are meetin’ at the Troubadour

We’ll get it on with the joy of cookin’ while the crowd calls out for more

Around six o’clock this mornin’ I’ll be gettin’ kinda slow

When all the shows are over honey tell me where do you think I go

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