BMI Work #: 8669192
Flowers Around The Tombstone (Larry W. Jones 01/02/2007) (song#4370)

Around the flowered mound of an old ranch hand
Cowered against the wind and the rain I stand
Along with friends who loved him more than gold
The saga of another fine old cowboy's life is told

Flowers around the tombstone ground are growing
Hear the mournful howl of the cold wind blowing
All his cowboy friends knew that he was going
Gathered all around like flowers on the ground

Some cowboys live their life for spills and thrills
Never with a good deed do their hard hands they fill
Until it's too late and the cold of death they feel
They never do see the flowers growing on the ground

Before my time comes, I'll just do the best I can
I'll follow the cowboy code and extend my hand
And when I'm laid beneath the cold hard ground
Cowboys will gather like flowers growing 'round

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Some cowboys live their life for spills and thrills
Never with a good deed do their hard hands they fill
Until it's too late and the cold of death they feel
They never do see the flowers growing on the ground

Before my time comes, I'll just do the best I can
I'll follow the cowboy code and extend my hand
And when I'm laid beneath the cold hard ground
Cowboys will gather like flowers growing 'round