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- The Cosmic Cowboy
- by Barry McGuire
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- Do you ever get the feeling when your driving on the
- L.A. freeways, the Southeren Cal. highways and byways
- that somehow or another you just don't belong here.
- Well, thats an honest feeling. That's the Holy Ghost
- whispering to you. The freeways that we were created
- for you, you can't see them with your eyes, can't touch
- them with your fingers, can't hear them with your ears.
- You can only know them with your heart. You know, God
- took his kingdom and He tucked it away in an invisable
- place where people could only see it with their heart.
- Well....
-
- I met a Cosmic Cowboy
- and He's ridin the stary range.
- He's a supernatural plowboy.
- He's dressed up kind of strange.
- At first you know, I didn't even see him;
- Hey, I was out there on the run.
- But that old hat that He's wearin,
- its shinin brighter than the sun.
- And when my eyes adjusted,
- to the flashin of his smile;
- Oh, I saw his invitation. He said,
- "Come on, we'll go ridin for awhile."
- And you know we rode along together,
- for more than half a day.
- Right through the changin weather;
- the sky was all turning gray.
- And the chilly winds were blowin,
- and the cold was cutting deep.
- Then it started snowing,
- the trail was gettin steep.
- I was just about to turn around,
- an head on back down the way we came.
- Somehow without a sound,
- I heard Him call my name.
- Lookin up, I saw we was high up on this ridge.
- He took me by my hand;
- lead me right over to the edge.
- I was so scared I couldn't find a single word to say.
- I mean, there's 10,000 feet of empty air,
- and it's just about an inch away.
- But a million miles was out beyond the waving of his
- hand.
- And I was looking through His eyes,
- right in through another land.
- He said; "This is my Fathers ranch,
- just as far as you can see.
- He made it out of nothing;
- every branch, every tree.
- The stars, and the mountians,
- the rivers, the streams;
- the oceans and the fountains,
- and the vally of your dreams.
- Thats right,
- I know that place you long to be.
- Truth is,
- I'm the only door,
- you're going to have to pass right through me."
- Bendin back I tiped my hat so I could look Him in the
- eye.
- He just smiled and gave me confidence.
- He said; "Go ahead and try."
- Well, it was now or never,
- and I knew I had to start.
- So I took that step and I went fallin,
- straight in through His heart.
- The first thing that I noticed,
- comming out the other side;
- All my fears had vanished.
- Jesus taught me how to fly!
- There's a Cosmic cowboy,
- and he rides the stary range.
- He's a supernatural plowboy,
- and he is dressed up kind of strange.
- To think I nearly missed Him,
- being out there on the run.
- Ah, but that old hat that he's whearin,
- its shinning brighter than the sun.
- And when my eyes adjusted,
- to the flashin of his smile;
- Hey, I saw his invitation.
- He said;
- "Come on, Me and You,
- we'll go ridin for awhile."