Lyrics

Troubles For A Cowboy Hat
Drew James © 2010

I'm going back to Texas where I came from
I'm gonna leave this New York City far behind
This big town left me flat
Now I ain't never coming back
I'm gonna trade my troubles for a cowboy hat

I had a dream that once did not seem crazy
A boyhood dream that I just had to chase
I wasn't so much out for fame and fortune
It was more like trying to win the human race

But sometimes dreams don't end the way you wanted
Sometimes things just don't go as planned
Happiness is only where you find it
And I guess sometimes it takes a moving van

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I landed here with hope and expectations
I felt I had the whole world at my feet
But when they turned the bright lights out on Broadway
I could see that it was just another street

There's so many people in Manhattan
Seven million call this island home
But somehow out there on those crowded sidewalks
I get lonelier than I've ever known

(Chorus)

Maybe I wasn't meant to be successful
Maybe I'm just naïve and confused
But I could never call myself a winner
When it meant someone else had to lose

So if you're ever out in New York City
As you walk beneath that beautiful skyline
Maybe you can keep an eye out for me
There's a dream I lost there maybe you can find

(Chorus)
This big town left me flat
Now I ain't never coming back
I'm gonna trade my troubles for a cowboy hat
I'm gonna trade my troubles for a cowboy hat