BRONCO BILL'S LAMENT Words & Music by Don McLean

I ^GCOULDA BEEN MOST ^EmANYTHING I ^CPUT MY ^DMIND TO ^GBE, BUT A ^ACOWBOY'S LIFE WAS THE ^CONLY LIFE FOR ^GME. ^D IT'S A ^GSTRONG MAN'S OCCU^EmPATION RIDIN' ^CHERD AND ^DLIVIN'^G FREE, BUT ^EmSTRONG MEN OFTEN ^AFAIL WHERE ^EmSHREWD MEN CAN PRE^AVAIL, I'M AN ^DOLD MAN NOW WITH ^AmNOTHIN' LEFT TO ^DSAY, BUT ^COH GOD ^AmHOW I ^DWORKED MY YOUTH A^GWAY.

WELL YOU MAY NOT RECOG^EmNIZE MY FACE, I ^CUSED TO ^DBE A ^GSTAR, A ^ACOWBOY HERO ^CKNOWN BOTH NEAR AND ^GFAR. ^D I ^GPERCHED UPON A ^EmSILVER MOUNT AND ^CSANG WITH MY GUI^GTAR, BUT THE ^EmSTUDIO OF C^AOURSE, OWNED MY ^EmSADDLE AND MY ^AHORSE, BUT THAT ^CSIX-GUN ON THE ^AmWALL BELONGS TO ^DME, ^COH GOD ^AmI CAN'T ^DLIVE A MEMO^GRY.

YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO PUT MY FINGER ON THAT TRIGGER ONCE AGAIN, AND POINT THAT GUN AT ALL THE PRIDEFUL MEN. ALL THE VOYEURS AND THE LAWYERS WHO CAN PULL A FOUNTAIN PEN, AND PUT YOU WHERE THEY CHOOSE, WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE, AND ENSLAVE YOU TILL YOU WORK YOUR YOUTH AWAY,

^COH GOD ^AmHOW I ^CWORKED MY ^AmYOUTH A^GWAY. WHOOPEE ^GTY YI ^EmOH WHOOPEE ^GTY YI ^DAY, ^GONE MAN'S ^EmWORK IS A^ANOTHER MAN'S^D PLAY ^COH GOD ^AmHOW I ^DWORKED MY ^AmYOUTH A^GWAY.

YOU SEE I ALWAYS LIKED THE NOTION OF A COWBOY FIGHTING CRIME, THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN MY PRIME, I COULD BEAT THOSE DESPERADOS BUT THERE'S NO SENSE FIGHTIN' TIME, BUT THE SINGIN' WAS A BALL CAUSE I'M NOT MUSICAL AT ALL, I MOVED MY LIPS TO SOMEONE ELSE'S VOICE. Repeat verse 1

Don McLean - Bronco bills lament