Lyrics to
Lonesome Cowboy

This version of Lonesome Cowboy was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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There was a lonesome cowboy, who rode his horse all day,
At night he slept in the moonlight, till he heard that midnight
train…

And then that lonesome cowboy, looked up at the stars in the sky,
“I will leave my land and my horses, on that midnight train I will ride,

To the city, far across the plains,
To that city, on that midnight train, here it comes,
Choo choo choo… on that midnight train”

And then that lonesome cowboy, stepped into a bar,
A pretty girl slid over nice and easy, “Boy your money won’t go far.”

She took him outside to an alley, he got dragged into a fight,
And a bullet sent him dying, and he cursed that moonless night

In that city, far across the plains,
In that city, he could hear that midnight train, down the line;
Choo choo choo… he could hear that midnight train

And now that lonesome cowboy is lain beneath the clay,
His horses they’re still waiting, for he is gone away;

Now if you think the grass is greener on the far side of the hill
All you cowboys, take it easy, there’s no grass there at all.

In that city, far across the plains,
In that city, you’d better miss that midnight train, here it comes
Choo choo choo… you’d better miss that midnight train
Choo choo choo… that train is coming for you.

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About Lyrics and Lonesome Cowboy by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics for Lonesome Cowboy are defined as the words making up the song released by Chris De Burgh in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lonesome Cowboy have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chris De Burgh and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Lonesome Cowboy by Chris De Burgh if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Lonesome Cowboy" means the words set to the music of Lonesome Cowboy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Lonesome Cowboy and the lyrics to Lonesome Cowboy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lonesome Cowboy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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