Planet
They rode like they was Rangers as they out of the skies They had High-Tech horses with in their eyes My gun was cocked and ready when I into their face I they just weren't just common buck-a-roos born of the human race No, sir, Cowboys came from space
Their shootin' irons laser light and their spurs was anodized Bandanas caked with stardust and their jeans was Well he me a halter, said, "Tighten up the girth." But before I hit the saddle we were miles the Earth. And I mean MILES the Earth
I seen London, Paris, Budapest, and Tokyo And there ain't no sight like a night looking down on Mexico To the Moons of Mars and Jupiter, 'round Saturn's rings we the frozen plains of Pluto where even the sunshine's cold Man, I do mean
our interstellar stallions sailed through the starless void There was nothing to miss in that emptiness, not even a asteroid 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 strummin' of a 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 popped my ears And they reared back on their broncos and shot a bolt of light I knew were the good guys, yes, sir. you got it right 'Cause their cowboy hats was
So I asked 'em as pulled their reins towards the settin' sun I said, "Before you go, I'd like to know, just where you come from?" Well opened up a star chart and said, "right here where this 'X' is It's the place in Outer Space, the planet known as Texas"