Planet
They rode like they was Rangers as they out of the skies They had High-Tech horses with beacons in eyes My gun was cocked and when I looked into their face I they just weren't just common buck-a-roos born of the human race No, sir, these Cowboys from space
Their shootin' irons shot laser light and spurs was anodized Bandanas caked stardust and their jeans was pressurized Well he me a halter, said, "Tighten up the girth." But before I hit the saddle we were above the Earth. And I MILES above the Earth
I seen London, Paris, Budapest, Kashmir and And there ain't no sight like a desert night looking down on To the of Mars and Jupiter, 'round Saturn's rings we rode Past the frozen plains of Pluto where the sunshine's cold Man, I do COLD
Then our interstellar stallions sailed through the starless There was nothing to miss in emptiness, not even a stray asteroid So we picked up the trail of a comet tail, man, you can't DREAM that far And the galloping like the rhythm of an old catgut guitar Just the of a distant star
Well, it could have lasted minutes or a hundred years When they got me down, I was safe and and it hadn't even popped my ears And they reared back on broncos and they shot a bolt of light I knew they were the guys, yes, sir. you got it right 'Cause their cowboy hats was
So I 'em as they pulled their reins towards the settin' sun I said, "Before you go, I'd like to know, just where you come from?" Well they opened up a chart and said, "right here where this 'X' is It's the biggest place in Outer Space, the planet as Texas"