"Hi, are you a cowboy?" That's what he said to me

One day"walking through a mall I turned to look: then said: "Yes," nodding with a smile.

Then like a storm at night

His eyes grew with awesome light As I -I remembered when: When I was ten, just like him

When"I was ten when I was ten I remember when I was only ten Running with the wind" no horse No horse only a friend

Yes I remember when I lived my dreams like him I played my cowboy whims

To the very end"

In a city vacant lot On a hill that wasn't much

And if I would have known A real cowboy I would have grown That awesome special light Those only cowboys have at ten

Yes I remember when I was only ten With cowboy hats and guns

I'd run until the sun

Came down Singing my cowboy songs"

And when the air was crisp and wet

My cowboy caps wouldn't -shoot Yes, that's a cowboy's loss

But a cowboy still pretends at ten And keeps running with the wind

Yes, I remember when

I remember when

I remember when

"Thank you Lord,

For sending the cowboy my way

Note: written after seeing a little boy and his mother passing me up and saying, "Are you a real cowboy?" And 'yes,' I nodded with my head) 'Yes,' and he beamed with joy, just because of my cowboy hat. And so I sat and had a cup of coffee, and wrote this poetic-song, and it was produced awhile later at Chapel Recording studios into a song, Mass; originally written 2/22/l997