Reply #20: Morning Marketeers...... [View All]

[AnneD]

:donut: and lurkers. Ozy, that article just strikes me as so sad it hurts my heart. It is another sign that folks are hitting hard times. We will see more of that as folks become desperate. I have noticed more folks moving into the resort village on a semi permanent basis these days. There is another park down the road-but those are the really desperate folks.

I wonder how long this will go on until folks stop going quietly into the night....

And to honor those hard working folks (hey survival is a full time job)and to celebrate the 75th birthday, I'd like to dedicate a Willie Nelson tune as a theme today. He is a true Texas treasure. I could do 'On the Road' 'My Heroes have always been Cowboys', 'Crazy', or many others, but I'll select this ballad:


Are There Any More Real Cowboys

Are there any more real cowboys
Left out in these hills
Will the fire hit the iron one more time
And will one more dusty pick-up
Come rolling down the road
With a load of feed before the sun gets high
Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies

Not the one that's snortin' cocaine
When the honky-tonk's all closed
But the one that prays for more rain, heaven knows
That the good feed brings the money
And the money buys the clothes
Not the diamond sequins shining on TV
But the kind the working cowboy really needs

Are there any more country families
Still working hand in hand
Trying hard to stay together and make a stand
While the rows and rows of houses
Come creepin' up on the land
Where the cattle graze and an old gray barn still stands
Are there any more real cowboys in this land
Are there any more real cowboys in this land

Happy hunting and watch out for the bears.