Look here comes a northern cowboy He just rode in from Aberdeen He's got money in his pockets And blisters like you've never ever seen Don't let him fool you with the stories Of all the money he has made I've been looking along the north-east coastline And those cowboys have already dug its grave Look here comes a northern cowboy He just rode in from Aberdeen He's got money in his pockets And blisters like you've never ever seen Don't let him fool you with the stories Of all the money he has made I've been looking along the north-east coastline And those cowboys have already dug its grave Verse There was a time when we were happy With the simple pleasures that we knew And then one day it started raining And a very ugly storm began to brew It wasn't long before we noticed That the people had a fever in their eyes They were taking all the things they'd been preserving And going out and throwing them up into the skies Look here comes a northern cowboy He just rode in from Aberdeen He's got money in his pockets And blisters like you've never ever seen Don't let him fool you with the stories Of all the money he has made I've been looking along the north-east coastline And those cowboys have already dug its grave Verse Once the money started moving The fever spread from door to door And all the young girls started selling Something they had never sold before The people spun around in circles Confusion cluttering their minds Their lives were being drawn from them By bastards of a hundred different kinds Look here comes a northern cowboy He just rode in from Aberdeen He's got money in his pockets And blisters like you've never ever seen Don't let him fool you with the stories Of all the money he has made I've been looking along the north-east coastline And those cowboys have already dug its grave Verse So come all ye northern cowboys Get back down here upon the farm Leave the salt wind to the sailors Leave the North Sea to the storm And one day when it's all over And you're hanging up your saddles and your guns You'll look around this oil-stained country And you'll wish to Christ it never had begun
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