[Intro]
(Harmonica intro happy upbeat key of C)
[Verse]
Kick the dust off your boots at the edge of the creek
Bring your heavy heart or the secrets you keep
Come through the front or slide in from the side
There is a shelter here with nowhere to hide
The sun might be scorching or the rain falling slow
Just arrive as you are with nowhere to go
[Verse]
Lead your tired horse to the shade of the barn
Unload the weight of every tall yarn
Line up the rigs in the tall grass out back
Leave the chrome shining on the gravel track
The door is unbolted and the welcome is wide
Leave the madness of the highway outside
[Chorus]
Pour a tall glass of amber for the souls on the mend
Where the horizon curves like a long-lost friend
But leave the bottle alone for the one in the hat
The Gulf Coast Cowboy doesn't gamble like that
He stays in the clear while the world spins blurred
Finding the peace in a single unspoken word
[Bridge]
A heavy white haze starts to drift from the porch
Lighting the evening like a slow-burning torch
It circles the rafters and clings to the beams
Turning the jagged edges into soft-focused dreams
The air is a blanket that smothers the noise
Of a thousand lost days and the ghosts of the boys
[Verse]
Inhale the quiet where the salt meets the pine
Forget the deadlines and the bottom line
The pressure dissolves in a cloud of thick gray
Watching the struggle simply wither away
There is no clock ticking on the cedar wall
Just the grace of the shadows beginning to fall
[Pre-Chorus]
The glasses are sweating and the spirits are high
Under the reach of a violet sky
One man stays steady while the others let go
Finding the rhythm in the steady and slow
[Chorus]
Pour a tall glass of amber for the souls on the mend
Where the horizon curves like a long-lost friend
But leave the bottle alone for the one in the hat
The Gulf Coast Cowboy doesn't gamble like that
He stays in the clear while the world spins blurred
Finding the peace in a single unspoken word
[Chorus]Pour a tall glass of amber for the souls on the mend
Where the horizon curves like a long-lost friend
But leave the bottle alone for the one in the hat
The Gulf Coast Cowboy doesn't gamble like that
He stays in the clear while the world spins blurred
Finding the peace in a single unspoken word
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