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[Verse 1]
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I wake up in the morning, just glad my boots are on
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Instead of empty in the whispering grasses 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 that promises to bring it all back to you again

[Chorus]
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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

[Verse 2]
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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 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 credit card

[Chorus]
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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

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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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

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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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 I'll tell it for you, 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

[Chorus]
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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

[Tag]
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I woke up this morning just glad my boots were on