[00:21.33]Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas[00:26.95]His face was burnt deep by the sun[00:32.22]Part history, part sage, part Mexican[00:37.65]He was there when Poncho Villa was young.[00:43.21]And he'd tell you a tale of the old days[00:48.43]When the country was wild all around[00:53.05]Sit out under the stars of the Milky Way[00:58.19]And listen while the coyotes howl.[01:03.08]And they go[01:23.75]Now the longhorns are gone[01:26.33]And the drovers are gone[01:28.76]The Comanches are gone[01:31.45]And the outlaws are gone[01:33.97]Geronimo is gone[01:36.53]And Sam Bass is gone[01:38.91]And the lion is gone[01:41.35]And the red wolf is gone.[01:47.71]Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men[01:52.61]And he cursed the automobile[01:57.49]Said this is no place for an hombre like I am[02:03.41]In this new world of asphalt and steel.[02:09.20]Then he'd look off some place in the distance[02:14.19]At something only he could see[02:19.00]He'd say all that's left now of the old days[02:24.53]Those damned, old coyotes and me.[02:29.32]And they go[02:50.28]Now the longhorns are gone[02:52.83]And the drovers are gone[02:55.44]The Comanches are gone[02:57.98]And the outlaws are gone[03:00.64]Now Quantrill is gone[03:03.04]Stan Watie is gone[03:05.70]And lion is gone[03:08.18]And the red rolf is gone.[03:15.73]One morning they searched his adobe[03:20.83]He disappeared without even a word[03:25.84]But that night as the moon crossed the mountain[03:31.98]One more coyote was heard.[03:37.90]And he'd go