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You know I was supposed to be cowboy
But horses don't need riders nowadays
And no one ever rides into the sunset
'Cause there's too many buildings in the way
And you won't find an outlaw holding up the noon stage
No they're too busy hacking at your name

Oh, but you don't need a name, you're just a number
And lightning don't make thunder
With all these noises drowning out the rain

I used to think that I could be a spaceman
But education cost too much to stay
If I had the tools to make the grade there
Could've bought my nametag for the game

'Cause if you don't have a nametag, you'll be thrown out
And if your power goes out
We've got medication for your pain

Oh, they wrapped the world around you like a blanket
But you know it was always just a chain
But once you realize you never had it, control
Don't have to be the root of all your pain

You don't need the pain to make excuses
But you can find some better uses
Of your time and what's left of your name

You know I was supposed to be a cowboy

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from Many Things at Once, released June 3, 2022

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Birch & Brine Knoxville, Tennessee

ETHAN NORMAN and ADAM WHIPPLE, with a high-energy blitzkrieg of harmonies and steel-string solos, happening somewhere in the woods or on a beach.

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