Cowboy

by Axel Carrington

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'Cowboy' is the first single & title track off my 5th solo record. I sing on this one.

This is about yearning.

lyrics

I’ve been lonesome,
A cowboy riding low,
Wandering & wandering,
No heart to call a home.

Sometimes you ride,
Forgetting to mind the light.

I’ve tried to keep warm,
The embers dying slow,
Wondering & wondering,
Is the saddle up, really worth the fall down?

Sometimes you ride,
Just for riding,
Sometimes we ride,
Just to find ‘em.

But all these plains stretch wide,
The yearning don’t subside,
The yearning pays no mind.

I’ve been told some,
“The violent bear it away”,
Sundering & sundering,
“This trail is just my bones”, you say.

Sometimes you ride,
Just fixin’ to survive.

Now there is just nights,
The wind’s shadow up on high,
You hang on every breathe,
Your embrace in every step,
This longing, & longing,
Keeps the map in the hand,
& leaves your prints in my sand.

Sometimes we ride,
Eye’s on someone else’s light.
Sometimes I ride,
Not realizing, I’m but dust behind them.

But all these plains stretch wide,
The yearning don’t subside,
The yearning pays no mind.
Just to hold your one,
Heart to abide.

“Hey, try to take this in your stride.

Now, take your paces.”

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credits

released September 5, 2023
Written by Axel, April 2023.

Recorded by Mitch McDonald, July 2023, at Blackbox Retrieval Studios, Whadjuk Country. Ably assisted by Froggy (dog).

Declan Carrington: Slide Guitar
Sara McPherson: Bass
Jamie Gallacher: Drums
Kiera Owen: Vocals

Mixed & Mastered by Mitch, Whadjuk Country, August-September 2023.

Always was, always will be.

Cover photo & press shots by Daniel Grant.

Launch poster by Lucienne Martin.

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Axel Carrington Perth, Australia

Perth based guitarist, keeping busy with writing songs about bins and bowls clubs.

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