David Crosby — Cowboy Movie (live)
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Me and my good partners
we were riding back to our camp
we were feeling very fine
and the air was clear and slightly damp
and we were riding back to have ourselves a party
to celebrate the robbing of the train.
We were talking kind of low and lazy
about not having to go out soon again
you know we hadn't been back home two hours
we heard a hawk cry out in the night
and you know that's a signal from young Billy, who's our sentry
He's saying something here ain't exactly right
so we quick grabbed some of our hardware
stumbled out of our home
in two minutes flat we had found her
an Indian girl all alone
and Eli said, "Let's take her back to the cabin"
I said, "You don't know she might be the law, yeah"
He said, smiling kind of nasty,
"It ain't too damn likely she'll beat me to the draw."
As we were walking back through the darkness,
I heard the Duke, he's our dynamiter, say,
he said, "What's your name, sweet little Indian girl?"
She said, "Raven." and she looked away.
Right then I didn't trust her, no and I said so, oh no.
Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
he said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now."
"You'd better get your twelve gauge shot gun right out."
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
they each wanted the Indian girl for their own
but when they finally got around to asking her
you know she said she'd come to take young Billy home
Eli said he'd kill young Billy
he'd kill the Duke, and probably me too, yeah
The Indian girl said, "Go ahead now do it"
I said "Stop it", and she bit my thumb nearly clean through
and when they finally started to break down the door
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb
now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
you know the reason I'm the only man here to tell it
you know that Indian girl, she wasn't an Indian she was the law
we were riding back to our camp
we were feeling very fine
and the air was clear and slightly damp
and we were riding back to have ourselves a party
to celebrate the robbing of the train.
We were talking kind of low and lazy
about not having to go out soon again
you know we hadn't been back home two hours
we heard a hawk cry out in the night
and you know that's a signal from young Billy, who's our sentry
He's saying something here ain't exactly right
so we quick grabbed some of our hardware
stumbled out of our home
in two minutes flat we had found her
an Indian girl all alone
and Eli said, "Let's take her back to the cabin"
I said, "You don't know she might be the law, yeah"
He said, smiling kind of nasty,
"It ain't too damn likely she'll beat me to the draw."
As we were walking back through the darkness,
I heard the Duke, he's our dynamiter, say,
he said, "What's your name, sweet little Indian girl?"
She said, "Raven." and she looked away.
Right then I didn't trust her, no and I said so, oh no.
Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
he said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now."
"You'd better get your twelve gauge shot gun right out."
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
they each wanted the Indian girl for their own
but when they finally got around to asking her
you know she said she'd come to take young Billy home
Eli said he'd kill young Billy
he'd kill the Duke, and probably me too, yeah
The Indian girl said, "Go ahead now do it"
I said "Stop it", and she bit my thumb nearly clean through
and when they finally started to break down the door
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb
now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
you know the reason I'm the only man here to tell it
you know that Indian girl, she wasn't an Indian she was the law
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This is awful and goes on forever :-(
OK, this is twice in two days that RP has played a song out of my "Best Ever" list -- songs that I thought I had the only remaining copies on the planet. Is someone sneaking into my playlists? :roll:
hutchmo wrote:
For those of you old enought to remember, this song is basically "Almost Cut my Hair' from that first great CSNY album. Decent re-tread, but a re-tread nonetheless.
True, but this still works on its own. Be good top-down driving through the desert at night music.
Hello:
This does very little for me...loud and boring.
Sincerely, Neil
captainskeezix wrote:
"If I Could Only Remember My Name"...easily top 3 of my Desert Island Discs! A real treasure out there for people to "rediscover" for the first time.
This live version sounds pretty good, though Crosby's voice is not what it once was. 
You are on target there! Nice B-3 and guitar solo work, though.
hutchmo wrote:
For those of you old enought to remember, this song is basically "Almost Cut my Hair' from that first great CSNY album. Decent re-tread, but a re-tread nonetheless.
Not really - also this version isn't as good as the original. It is really a rip of Neil's Down By The River.
Crosby was hilarious on Al Franken's Show yesterday. Very quick wit, which surprised me.
hutchmo wrote:
For those of you old enought to remember, this song is basically "Almost Cut my Hair' from that first great CSNY album. Decent re-tread, but a re-tread nonetheless.
Great catch. Pretty dull then, pretty dull now - only this drones on a lot longer..............
hutchmo wrote:
For those of you old enought to remember, this song is basically "Almost Cut my Hair' from that first great CSNY album. Decent re-tread, but a re-tread nonetheless.
Exactly. And I always thought Almost Cut My Hair was the weakest song on that album.
Go Dave GO!!! Love that hammond in there.
For those of you old enought to remember, this song is basically "Almost Cut my Hair' from that first great CSNY album. Decent re-tread, but a re-tread nonetheless.
I was driving down Hwy 1 with Cowboy Movie playing on my all chrome Muntz 8 track when I was broad sided by a drunk coming out of Trancus. Slow motion wreck with this in the background. Car was a total loss but music never stopped. David has his problems but he does capture So Cal in the 70\'s. I love him.
And here I thought he just freebased.
oh jeez.....this came out when I was born? It could pass as new song to me. I like the sound from around that time and I still hear it in music now. This ain't bad :)
Well I read that wrong. '95 and nice album title come back after the '71 album. :D
I always thought that Crosby\'s contributions to CSN&Y and CSN were the best. I still think that. But this piece is just tiresome, in my opinion.
\"If I Could Only Remember My Name\"...easily top 3 of my Desert Island Discs! A real treasure out there for people to \"rediscover\" for the first time.
This live version sounds pretty good, though Crosby\'s voice is not what it once was.
I read an interview with Crosby after Jerry Garcia died, he was remembering a session he\'d had with Garcia that involved some big sticky buds, in which the epiphany of the evening was that the most entertaining musicians are great storytellers...
What can be said about David\'s music that hasn\'t been said....The word I could come up with is \"Most Excellent\" *** Smile - The world needs it more today.........JG :)
I\'ve never been a big fan of David Crosby, but maybe I should be... sounds great! 
Sorry to go against the grain, but blah! I really don\'t care for David Crosby\'s voice. It\'s harsh and unpleasant to me. The melody is average, too. Good players, but boring song.
The legend continues...
David\'s voice still sounds great after all these years. So clear and sweet.