Hair Trigger Heart

Intro Verse Cowboys we are Cowboys we shall always be Don’t let it end like this, boys Tell ‘em I sense something? Verse They say trouble rides a fast horse They say forgiveness rides a mule Oh yeah, they say a lot of things That’s why I lived by my own rules Verse You know a man is seen in fragments A scar, a limp, tattoos and broken teeth Scratch the surface on most men out here And you’ll find two men hiding underneath Verse But I come not here to lecture you Of good and evil, black or white, right or wrong I’ve come to sing my story I'm the Black Jack, baby, of all those old gipsy songs Verse A loose canon, they have called me A half-cocked cowboy, falling apart With my war-bag full of cheap tricks Dead certain, mister, of my hair trigger heart Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart Verse I've known love from every angle I never learned the art of the graceful getaway Yeah, the poetry eludes me, sir I don’t give a damn what all the minor poets say Verse "I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drunk, there’s a difference Set 'em up, kid, and make it smart" I come from horse traders and half breeds And a savage long line of hair trigger hearts, yeah Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart Bridge All the old gunfighters are leaving town Pistol packing mama, lay that pistol down I’m still around Lord, I've got one more round And I sure hit the mark With my hair trigger heart, yeah Instrumental Verse At the far end of eternity, you will find me At a pub they call The Sword 'n' Highwayman I'll have a wax museum moustache Might be missing several fingers on my trigger hand Verse I’ll have forgotten half the alphabet My name, my age, my Chinese laundry mark Between instinct and oblivion, mister I will always hang on to this hair trigger heart Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart I got a hair trigger heart Outro Cowboys we are Cowboys we shall always be