He’s a video cowboy, don’t even know what he knows
His real life is ended but the game just grows and grows
Pushing buttons and quarters, doing things that just don’t seem right
Until he’s lost in the outlands of his crazy new video dream
Yes, he’s a video cowboy, don’t even know what he knows
Pushing buttons and quarters from his cap right down to his toes
There’s too many buttons and gobblers and eaters and snakes and creams in his game
He don’t remember his brothers,
And I guess he don’t know who to blame.
Oh I guess its sad we didn’t spend more time teaching him right
Did we teach him forgiving is ten times more strong than to fight
There’s only one time that a fightin’ man knows that he true
That’s when he’s sure that you say eleven times more than you do.
Yes, he’s a video cowboy, part of our national scene
There’s something for everyone
Long as you ride on the beam
He’s pushing buttons and quarters
And doin things that just don’t seem…right
Until he’s lost in the outlands
Of his crazy new video dream
His crazy new video dream.
(c) words and music, Marc D. Beaudin