| I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on
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| Instead of empty in the whispering grasses
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| Down the Five at Forest Lawn
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| On the set, the makeup girl brings me two raw eggs and a shot of gin
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| Then I give it all up for that little blue pill
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| That promises to bring it all back to you again
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| Ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
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| Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
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| Here in the canyons above Sunset, the desert don’t give up the fight
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| A coyote with someone’s Chihuahua in its teeth skitters 'cross my veranda in
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| the night
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| Some lost sheep from Oklahoma sips her Mojito down at the Whiskey Bar
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| Smiles and says she thinks she remembers me from that commercial with the
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| credit card
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| Hell, these days there ain’t no more, now there’s just again
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| Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
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| Some days I take my El Camino, throw my saddle in and go
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| East to the desert where the charros, they still ride and rope
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| Our American brothers cross the wire and bring the old ways with them
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| Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
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| Once I was shot by John Wayne, yeah, it was towards the end
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| That one scene’s bought me a thousand drinks, set me up and tell it for you,
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| friend
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| Here’s to the cowboys, riders in the whirlwind
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| Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
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| And the western stars are shining bright again
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| Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
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| And the western stars are shining bright again
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| C’mon and ride me down easy, ride me down easy, friend
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| 'Cause tonight the western stars are shining bright again
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| I woke up this morning just glad my boots were on |