Lyrics Pecos Bill - Riders In the Sky
Pecos
Bill
was
quite
a
cowboy
down
in
Texas
The
Western
Superman
to
say
the
least
He
was
the
roughest,
toughest
critter
Never
known
to
be
a
quitter
'Cause
he
never
had
no
fear
of
man,
nor
beast
So
yippee-i-ay-i-ya,
yippee-i-o
He's
the
toughest
critter
west
of
the
Alamo
Pecos
roped
through
raging
cyclone
out
of
nowhere
He
saddled
it
and
straddled
it
with
ease
While
that
cyclone
bucked
and
flitted
Pecos
rolled
a
smoke
and
lit
it
And
he
tamed
that
ordinary
wind
down
to
a
breeze
So
yippee-i-ay-i-ya,
yippee-i-o
He's
the
toughest
critter
west
of
the
Alamo
Pecos
lost
his
way
while
traveling
on
the
desert
(Water,
water,
water)
It
was
ninety
miles
across
the
burning
sand
(Water,
water,
water)
He
knew
he'd
never
reach
the
border
If
he
didn't
get
some
water
So
he
got
a
stick
and
dug
the
Rio
Grande
While
a
tribe
of
painted
Indians
did
a
war
dance
Pecos
started
shooting
up
their
little
game
He
gave
those
redskins
such
a
shakeup
That
they
jumped
out
of
their
makeup
That's
how
the
Painted
Desert
got
it's
name
While
reclining
on
a
cloud,
high
over
Texas
With
his
guns
he
made
the
stars
evaporate
As
he
watched
them
all
declining
He
left
one
brightly
shining
As
the
emblem
of
the
Lone
Star
Texas
State
So
yippee-i-ay-i-ya,
yippee-i-o
As
the
emblem
of
the
Lone
Star
Texas
State
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