Guy Clark - The Indian Cowboy Lyrics






If you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
I'll tell you a tale to remember
When the white horses leap rings of fire

It was a cold night in Oklahoma
The show was about to begin
The animals they were all restless
When the star horse she broke from her pen

She was a mare of high spirit
Just like a whore on Saturday night
She's kickin' and buckin' past the men who were brushin'
The elephants lyin' on their sides
Next to the tent sat some lanterns
They were dangerously close to the hay
That mare headed straight for those lanterns
Some fool had put there by mistake

Then up stepped some Indian Cowboy
His lasso went whirlin' throught the air
In the full dead middle of danger
He roped that runaway mare

Then the elephants raised up their trumpets
Two of them broke from their chains
Stampeded that Indian Cowboy
Who had saved the big top from flames
So if you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
You just remember that Indian Cowboy
When the white horses leap rings of fire





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  1. M.... V....

    Can I request two more songs from the “Old Friends” album? “All
    Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad” and “Doctor Good Doctor”. I can’t find them anywhere. Thank you very much!

  2. y.... g....

    my dad would sing this to me when i was a baby, and i never knew the name until now. great song :)

  3. H.... ....

    LOL, I just heard Joe Ely tell the story on another clip about playing this song for Guy then forgetting about it for years. Then he heard it on the radio in Austin and went and bought the record. He wasn't upset at all, he said he had completly forgot he had sang it for Guy and never wrote it down. Cool story about a cool song.

    H.... ....

    Thanks for that info. I saw it was an Ely song, so Guy must have given credit at some point. Glad he did. Appreciate you stopping by & adding, Moppet

  4. J.... H....

    This is an amazing song. I can't believe I had not heard it before now... Thanks!

  5. M.... ....

    Well, as Townes said, I guess this isn't a "Zip-A -Dee-Doo-Dah" song. I appreciate you leaving your comment. You are the very first person to do so. I love this song and am happy someone let me know they liked it also! My best to you, Moppet (Barbara)

  6. S.... ....

    Great. Thanks for posting.