Well, you took my house, you took my lands
If you’d a-had your way you’d a-taken my hands
You even took my dried up old cow
But you left me some tools here and this broke-down plow

I’m gonna build up a great big fire and
Put the iron in and watch it grow higher
I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord (3X)
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

They took my children, they took my wife
And they’ll becoming back soon now to take my life
There ain’t nothin’ much left for me now
But this hammer, this anvil and this broke-down plow

I’m gonna build up a great big fire and
Put the iron in and watch it grow higher
I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord (3X)
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord (3X)
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

Well you’ve got to strike while the iron is hot
And sometimes that is all you’ve got
They said I had to go but they didn’t say how
And they left me these tools here and this broke-down plow

I’ve turned my cheek so much my head’s spun ‘round
And every time I get up I get knocked back down
I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord
I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord (3X)
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’ve gotta ask you please to forgive me, Lord (3X)
‘Cause I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword

I’m beatin’ this plowshare into a sword (4X)

Words and music copyright©2001 by Dave Cofell

Words and music copyright©1992 by Dave Cofell

Paint The Sunset

You sat in your chair
With your eyes wide open
Staring into the future
I think you even knew when

You painted the fury
Trapped in you soul
You looked at broken pieces
And saw them as whole

So paint the sunset for me Andrew
I know it’s not too much for you
You showed me a way to be true
You showed me how much I have to do

The visions you must have had
Trapped in your head
Are slowly revealed
By what is written and said

How lucky for us
That you finished what you began
Yet how sad we are now
That you’re no longer a man

So paint the sunset for me Andrew
Let the colors dance and play
No need to worry about the line now
And there’s so much more I want to say

We find out now
What you never said
We find out now
Why the sky has turned red

You found the truth
And away you flew
Leaving us to find for ourselves
That which you already knew

So paint the sunset for me Andrew
Or paint the calm before the storm
Your energy will never be lost
It has merely changed its form

So paint the sunset for me Andrew
Or paint the moon and stars
When you waved goodbye and took your turn
We didn’t know that you were going so far
We didn’t know that you were going so far

Words and music copyright©1988 by Dave Cofell

Hard Workin’ Cowboy

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy from the Rio Grande
There ain’t much about cows that I don’t understand

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy, and that’s all right
Just so I can go to town on a Saturday night

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy, just a-ridin’ for the brand
Have you seen my saddle, it was made by hand

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy and I have a horse
She’s just my best friend, of course

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy and I love to ride
I never mind seein’ the countryside

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy and I have my boots
I only do what my fancy suits

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I'm a hard workin' cowboy, and the days are long
It goes by quickly when I sing this song

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

I’m a hard workin’ cowboy, I collect my pay
I’m going to that roundup in the sky someday

Just a-riding and a-roping and a-yipee-yie-yay
I’m just a cowboy living from day to day

Words and music copyright©1988 by Dave Cofell