FOOLISH WORDS-COWGIRL'S LAMENT - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Peace on the Prairie
Album notes: Although I try to think before I speak, sometimes I will say something which later makes me want to crawl in a deep hole, cringing with regret. This song expresses that painful remorse in the voice of a cowgirl lamenting her own foolish words.
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LYRICS:
I’m feelin’ awful rough today
embarrassed and ashamed
My horse can even tell it,
I wish I could explain
Cause yesterday I let some
nasty critters get away
Those thoughtless words I spoke to you
I wish I didn’t say
I’d like to round up all those foolish words
I said to you my friend
I’d cut ‘em from the herd
and then I’d ship ‘em back again
I’m squirmin’ in my saddle -
wish’t I could run away
Those words caused me more worry
than a mean old crazy stray
I’d like to catch those foolish words
and take ‘em back again
I’d rope ‘em right around the neck
and run ‘em in the pen
I’d load ‘em on the truck & then
I’d ship ‘em way down south
And next time be more careful
‘fore they ever left my mouth
You’ll never understand
I had a positive intention
Just an innocent off-hand remark
I quickly thought to mention
But the minute those words left my mouth
I realized the way
That other folks might take ‘em -
which I never meant to say
I didn’t mean ‘em like it sounds-
I guess I never thought
I wish I could corral those words
so I could get ‘em caught
I hope that you’ll forgive me
and I hope that you’ll forget
So our friendship won’t be broke …
By those foolish words I spoke