WEARING OUR COWBOY BOOTS - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Sky & Water, Wind & Grass
Album Note: I love going into western stores and just looking at the rows of colorful cowboy boots. Besides always being in style, cowboy boots provide an enduring connection to our western heritage. Plus they’re just plain fun to wear!
You can watch this live performance video, as well as hear the CD recording.
LYRICS:
Way out in cattle country
far from city streets
You can see a fashion statement
on everybody’s feet
The toes are round or pointed
the heels are low or high
The tops provide protection
but that ain’t the reason why
We just feel better when we’re wearin
our cow-boy boots
We wear em ridin pastures
and out to fix the fence
We wear em to the rodeo
and after to the dance
They’re great on girls in dresses
and men in fancy suits
Why wear a pair of shoes
when you could wear a pair of boots
You’ll just feel better when you’re wearin
your cow-boy boots
Did you know that in Wyoming
there’s a Cowboy Boot Museum
In every style and color
lined up so you can see-‘em
There’s boots with fancy inlay
of eagles and of hearts
From Mexico and Texas
each one’s a work of art
Way out in western Kansas
on the trail to Santa Fe
The town of old Dodge City
goes back to frontier days
And right outside of town
there is a hill named after boots
Where lawmen buried outlaws,
the poor and destitute
Who met their maker still wearin
their cowboy boots
A hustler or a loser
the real thing or a dude
You can tell a lot about a man
from lookin at his boots
Plain or fancy stitchin,
brand new soles or worn
Workin boots or dressy,
leather smooth or torn
My boots can take me back
to the days of Roy and Gene
Excitement and adventure
in a wild western scene
Where cowboys and vaqueros
chase outlaws with-their loot
And every single one
has on a pair of awesome boots
They just feel better when they’re wearin
their cow-boy boots
We just feel better when we’re wearin
our cow-boy boots
