Ray Wylie Hubbard

Loco Gringo’s Lament

A wild young cowboy out on the highway
A telecaster kid on the rockin’ trade
Lost to the straight and narrow
To honky tonks and masquerades

Tempted by a thousand pleasures
Foolish comforts for the soul
A deadly shot in the mist of shadows
There ain’t no signposts along this road

It is such a sweet temptation
It is such a brief relief
It is such a false sensation
Why is that so hard to believe

Hiram Williams was in the back seat
Of a Cadillac on New Year's Day
He closed his eyes and sang his last song
Mister Leon Payne's "the Lost Highway"

That same old song with the sad sweet ending
Is playing somewhere south of town
By a band of hard young rockers
Who never think they’ll see the sun go down

A young angel sings in sorrow
For the broken hearted and betrayed
A last waltz for the wild young cowboys
Who never came back from the lost highway

An old diablo waits in silence
For the loco gringo young in years
He waits alone in heavens shadows
With a stolen horse and tequila tears

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