Planet
They rode like they was as they came out of the skies They had High-Tech with beacons in their eyes My gun was cocked and ready I looked into their face I seen they just weren't just buck-a-roos born of the human race No, sir, these Cowboys from space
Their shootin' shot laser light and their spurs was anodized Bandanas caked with stardust and their was pressurized Well he me a halter, said, "Tighten up the girth." But before I hit the we were miles 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 looking down on Mexico To the Moons of Mars and Jupiter, 'round rings we rode Past the frozen plains of Pluto even the sunshine's cold Man, I do mean
Then our interstellar stallions sailed through the starless There was nothing to miss in that emptiness, not even a stray So we picked up the trail of a comet tail, man, you even DREAM that far And the galloping beat like the rhythm of an old catgut Just the strummin' of a star
Well, it could have lasted minutes or a thousand years When they got me down, I was safe and sound and it hadn't popped my ears And they reared back on their and they shot a bolt of light I knew they the good guys, yes, sir. you got it right 'Cause their cowboy hats was
So I asked 'em as they pulled reins towards the settin' sun I said, "Before you go, I'd like to know, where you boys come from?" Well they opened up a star chart and said, "right where this 'X' is the biggest place in Outer Space, the planet known as Texas"