Zane Grey Cowboy

“Zane Grey Cowboy”
Words & Music: Billie Hughes

Down through the old Texas towns
Where the river ran so red
A hundred years ago
Stretching out from the panhandle to Mexico
The covered wagons rolled
The land was good as gold back then

And there they settled down
There they broke the ground way back then
Grandpa always said
A man’s land holds more than just his home
And part of Texas died
Part of old Texas died when he passed on

His spirit’s in the wind
Moving through the red river valley again
The secrets of his memory are gone
But the Zane Grey cowboy, he rides on
He rides on

Sometimes at night
I can remember who I am
A son of the pioneers
Long before the years that I was born
A father’s hand will lead me on
The secrets of his memory are gone
But the Zane Grey cowboy, he rides on
He rides on