Cowboy Cry – English Lyrics

• By: CeCe

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heart of modern country music with CeCe's "Cowboy Cry." This powerful track offers a unique perspective on the classic cowboy theme, emphasizing female strength and authenticity. Learning the lyrics will not only expose you to contemporary country vocabulary and storytelling but also to a song that aims to push the genre forward by celebrating strong women.

[English]

Complicated, like a book

Coffee stained and missing pages

Drive you wild for a while

And then she'll break you

Ain't afraid to shoot you straight without a chaser

But they all chase her

Hit you in the night like a long black train

Little bit of sin and a little bit of sane

Make you wanna fall to your knees and pray

Boy, you better pray

'Cause she's hot like the summer and she's sweet like the rain

Yeah, she's smooth like a whiskey and she burns like propane

Well, she's wild like her mama, so it ain't no surprise

That she can make a cowboy, she can make a cowboy cry

Desperado

She's a classic '97 Silverado

Just an angel drinking bourbon out the bottle

Make you hurt, make you curse like no tomorrow

Like no tomorrow

Hit you in the night like a long black train

Little bit of sin and a little bit of sane

Make you wanna fall to your knees and pray

Boy, you better pray

'Cause she's hot like the summer and she's sweet like the rain

Yeah, she's smooth like a whiskey and she burns like propane

Well, she's wild like her mama, so it ain't no surprise

That she can make a cowboy, she can make a cowboy

Ride through the desert on a horse with no name

Yeah, she'll take you to heaven, stop by hell on the way

She's been through it all, but you won't see a tear leave her eye

'Cause she can make a cowboy, she can make a cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Well, she's hot like the summer and she's sweet like the rain

Smooth like a whiskey and she burns like propane

She's wild like her mama, so it ain't no surprise

That she can make a cowboy, she can make a cowboy

Ride through the desert on a horse with no name

Yeah, she'll take you to heaven, stop by hell on the way

She's been through it all, but you won't see a tear leave her eye

'Cause she can make a cowboy, she can make a cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy, cry

Cry, cowboy

Cry, cowboy

She could make a cowboy cry

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Key Grammar Structures

• complicated, like a book

  ➔ Simile using "like" to compare two things

  ➔ "Like" is used to compare one thing to another, indicating similarity.

• Ain't afraid to shoot you straight without a chaser

  ➔ Use of "ain't" as a contraction for "am not", "is not", "are not", "has not", or "have not"

  ➔ "Ain't" is an informal contraction often used in song lyrics and speech to replace the standard negative forms.

• Hit you in the night like a long black train

  ➔ Simile using "like" for vivid description

  ➔ "Like" is used here to compare the effect of the experience to a "long black train," creating vivid imagery.

• Make you wanna fall to your knees and pray

  ➔ Use of "wanna" as informal contraction for "want to"

  ➔ "Wanna" is an informal contraction that expresses a desire to do something.

• 'Cause she's hot like the summer and she's sweet like the rain

  ➔ Use of "like" to make comparisons (simile)

  ➔ "Like" is used here to compare qualities, creating vivid imagery through similes.

• Ride through the desert on a horse with no name

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating movement with "on"

  ➔ Prepositional phrase showing the action of traveling on a type of vehicle or animal.

• She's been through it all, but you won't see a tear leave her eye

  ➔ Present perfect tense "has been through" indicating experience

  ➔ Present perfect "has been through" describes experiencing and enduring something over a period.