The Panhandlers - Panhandle Slim lyrics
[The Panhandlers - Panhandle Slim lyrics]
Panhandle slim was the pride of the plains
The crabapple of his mother’s eye
He grew like a weed in the West Texas rain
Always reaching for the sky
Sharp as a thorn on a prickly pear
Quicker than lightning on his legacy mare
And at times more elusive
Than a panhandle bear
And funnier than a jackalope
The last out of seven birds of a feather
The last with the family name
So the young lonesome rooster
Roosted the birdhouse
The loneliest roost on the range
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
As time goes by it slithers
And frame starts to wither
But rust can’t touch an innocent mind
When you grow like a weed does
On the West Texas plains
You’ll learn to love sunshine
Through tired eyes he dreams
Of girls from the
City and the smell of myrtle perfume
And he looks to the stars
He sings a few bars to the
Lonesome man in the moon
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
How horses need water and cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Slim’s hat landed next to his jaw on the
Ground when he saw her walking his way
With eyes like sapphire
She spoke to his soul without
Ever saying a thing
A single sunflower at golden hour
Looking finer than a Georgia O’Keeffe
When you grow like a weed in the west Texas
Plains you know how to turn a new leaf
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Just like horses need water
And cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
Way with eyes like sapphire
She spoke to his soul without
Ever saying a thing
A single sunflower at golden hour
Looking finer than a Georgia O’Keeffe
When you grow like a weed in the west Texas
Plains you know how to turn a new leaf
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Just like horses need water
And cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
The crabapple of his mother’s eye
He grew like a weed in the West Texas rain
Always reaching for the sky
Sharp as a thorn on a prickly pear
Quicker than lightning on his legacy mare
And at times more elusive
Than a panhandle bear
And funnier than a jackalope
The last out of seven birds of a feather
The last with the family name
So the young lonesome rooster
Roosted the birdhouse
The loneliest roost on the range
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
As time goes by it slithers
And frame starts to wither
But rust can’t touch an innocent mind
When you grow like a weed does
On the West Texas plains
You’ll learn to love sunshine
Through tired eyes he dreams
Of girls from the
City and the smell of myrtle perfume
And he looks to the stars
He sings a few bars to the
Lonesome man in the moon
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
How horses need water and cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Slim’s hat landed next to his jaw on the
Ground when he saw her walking his way
With eyes like sapphire
She spoke to his soul without
Ever saying a thing
A single sunflower at golden hour
Looking finer than a Georgia O’Keeffe
When you grow like a weed in the west Texas
Plains you know how to turn a new leaf
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Just like horses need water
And cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
Way with eyes like sapphire
She spoke to his soul without
Ever saying a thing
A single sunflower at golden hour
Looking finer than a Georgia O’Keeffe
When you grow like a weed in the west Texas
Plains you know how to turn a new leaf
‘Cause horses need water and
Cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane
It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains
And it hurts to cry with dry eyes
But if you ever see him
He’ll tell you that he’s doing fine
Just like horses need water
And cotton needs rain
Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane