"Loco Gringo's Lament" lyrics - RAY WYLIE HUBBARD

Wild young cowboy out on the highway
Telecaster kid of the rocking trade
Lost unto the straight and narrow
To honky tonks and masquerade

Tempted by a thousand pleasures
It's foolish comfort for the soul
A deadly shot missed a shadow
There ain't no sign posts along this road

It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such a brief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe

Hiram Williams was in the back seat
Of a Cadillac on New Year's Day
He closed his eyes and sang his last song
Mister Leon Payne's "The Lost Highway"

That same old song with the sad sweet ending
Is playing somewhere south of town
By a band of hard young rockers
Who never think they'll see the Sun go down

It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such a brief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe

A young angel sings in sorrow
For the broken-hearted and betrayed
A last waltz for the wild young cowboy
Who never came back from the lost highway

An old Diablo waits in silence
For the loco gringo young in years
He waits alone in Heaven's shadow
With a stolen horse and tequila tears

It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such a brief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe

It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such a brief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe

It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe