me as a cowboy

got myself a stetson hat,

and some mean snakeskin boots.

my mind already rode off into the desert.

i'm saying "howdy" and "y'all",

and nobody knows me anymore.

this is me turning into a man,

a man i saw in a movie,

a man i heard about in some country song.

"bury me with my boots on", i say.

this is me turning into a little kid,

a kid playing cowboy and indian,

a kid refusing reality.

gotta get myself a home where the buffalo roam,

as the song goes,

or was that a movie?

this is me as a man, as a child,

as someone nobody knows.

still looking for that sunset to ride into.