Coyotes - Richard Thompson

[00:21.000]Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas,
[00:26.000]His face was burnt deep by the sun,
[00:30.000]Part history, part sage, part mesquit,
[00:35.000]He was there when Poncho Villa was young.
[00:43.000]And he'd tell you a tale of the old days,
[00:49.000]When the country was wild all around,
[00:53.300]Sit out under the stars of the Milky Way,
[00:59.300]And listen while the coyotes howl.
[01:04.300]And they go... hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[01:08.350]hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[01:12.350]hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[01:18.300]hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[01:24.300]Now the long horns are gone,
[01:26.350]And the drovers are gone,
[01:29.350]The Comanches are gone,
[01:31.350]And the outlaws are gone,
[01:34.300]Geronimo is gone,
[01:36.300]And Sam Bass is gone,
[01:39.300]And the lion is gone,
[01:42.300]And the red wolf is gone.
[01:48.300]Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men,
[01:53.300]And he cursed the automobile,
[01:58.300]Said this is no place for an hombre like I am,
[02:04.300]In this new world of asphalt and steel.
[02:08.300]Then he'd look off some place in the distance,
[02:14.300]At something only he could see,
[02:18.300]He'd say all that's left now of the old days,
[02:25.300]Those damned old coyotes and me.
[02:30.300]And they go hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[02:35.300]hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[02:41.300]hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[02:45.300]hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[02:50.900]Now the long horns are gone,
[02:54.200]And the drovers are gone
[02:56.200]The Comanches are gone
[02:59.200]And the outlaws are gone,
[03:02.200]Now Quantro is gone,
[03:04.200]Stan Watie is gone,
[03:07.200]And lion is gone,
[03:09.200]And the red rolf is gone.
[03:16.200]One morning they searched his adobe,
[03:21.200]He disappeared without even a word,
[03:26.500]But that night as the moon crossed the mountain,
[03:33.500]One more coyote was heard.
[03:41.500]And he'd go, hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[03:46.500]hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[03:51.500]hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[03:56.500]hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[04:01.500]hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[04:06.500]hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo
[04:11.500]hoo yip hoo yip hoo
[04:16.500]hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo