Kate Wolf - Cable car cowboy

^GFoggy San Francisco two ^Cthousand miles from ^Ghome Chasing after a lady I'd ^Dlike to call my own I've been ^Gout of work since I left my job on the ^CBar-K cattle ranch Where my ^Emmamma cried, "Think it ^Cover, son, be^Dfore you take a ^Gchance."

And lord, I sure do miss the folks and ^Call those friends of ^Gmine The city's pretty lonely when a ^Dman's just killing time The ^Gpeople never stop to talk or ^Clook you in the eye And the ^Embuildings there they ^Cgrow so tall they ^Dcover up the ^Gsky

But I ^Dwent for a job the other day, the man ^Clooked me up and ^Gdown He said, "^AYou're a horse-riding cowboy who looks like he just hit ^Dtown But ^Cif you can swing a ^Grope, I ^Dreckon you can ring a ^Embell And if a ^Gbucking bronc can't ^Cthrow you off, you’ll ^Dhold the curves as ^Gwell

^GWell, I didn't know what he was getting at 'til he ^Ctook me to this ^Gbarn A great big place with high brick walls, not like ^Ddown on the farm In^Gstead of hay and horses, it had ^Ccement, steel and tar He said, "^EmHop on board and ^Clet me see if ^Dyou can drive a cable ^Gcar"

Well, it ^Dlooked like a little house with ^Cwindows all a^Ground A ^Alittle room set on the back and steps down to the ^Dground A ^Croof and a porch and ^Gbenches and ^Dwheels set on a ^Emtrack I'd ^Gnever seen such a ^Cdoggone thing, but I ^Ddidn't tell him ^Gthat

So ^Cmamma don't you ^Gworry, things are ^Dreally going ^Gfine I'm ^Cworking now as a ^Gbrakeman on the ^DCalifornia Line And the ^Gfolks are mighty friendly when they ^Chop on for a ^Emride And ^Gwhen it's cold and ^Crainy, my lady ^Dloves to ride in^Gside

You can say I'm still a cowboy, it's just a ^Cdifferent horse I ^Gride I round up strays on the city streets and I ^Dspend my days outside These ^Ghills of San Francisco are my ^Cown West Texas plains And ^Emringing a bell is like ^Csinging to those ^Ddogies on the ^Grange