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