Day 8 - A Song That You Know All The Words To

Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks

This is a song that I can sing off the top of my head with or without the song playing in the background. I love everything about this song...The lyrics, the melody, Martie's fiddle solo after the second chorus. I didn't grow up in the south or in a rural area. I grew up in the central New Jersey suburbs. But when I listen to this song, I can just feel the emotion. I wish for the sentiment the song has; I wish for something like that to happen in my own life.

I said I wanna touch the Earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets
And a blanket made of stars
Oh it sounds good to me

Chorus
Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh, I pray
Closer to heaven above
And closer to you
Closer to you

I wanna walk and not run
I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon
And not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one
For miles and miles
Except for maybe you
And your simple smile
Oh it sounds good to me
Yes it sounds so good to me

Chorus

I said I wanna touch the Earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
Oh it sounds so good to me

Chorus