They rode like they was Rangers as they came out of the skies They had High-Tech horses with beacons in their eyes My gun was cocked and ready when I looked into their faces That's when I kinew they weren't no ordinary buck-a-roos born of the human race No, sir, these Cowboys came from space
Their shootin' irons shot laser light and their spurs was anodized Bandanas caked with stardust and their jeans was pressurized One of them handed me a halter, said, "Tighten up the girth." But by the time I hit the saddle we were miles above the Earth. And I mean MILES above the Earth
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We saw London, Paris, Budapest, Kashmir and Tokyo And there ain't no sight like a desert night looking down on Mexico Past the Moons of Mars and Jupiter, 'round Saturn's rings we rode Toward the frozen plains of Pluto where even the sunshine's cold Man, I do mean COLD
Then our innterstellar stallions sailed through the starless void There was nothing to miss in that emptiness, not even a stray asteroid So we picked up the trail of a comet's tail, man, you can't even DREAM that far And the hoofbeats beat of the rhythm of an old catgut guitar Just the strummin' of a distant star
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Well, it could have lasted minutes or a hundred thousand years When they got me down, I was safe and sound and it hadn't even popped my ears And they stood up in their saddles and they shot a bolt of light That's when I knew they were the good guys, yes, sir. you got it right 'Cause their cowboy hats was White
So as they pulled their reins towards the settin' sun I said, "Before you go, I'd like to know, just where you boys come from?" One of 'em opened up a star chart and said, "right here where this 'X' is It's the biggest place in Outer Space, the planet known as Texas"