Forgotten Cowboy

Hey cowboy

the night forgot your name

If the memory fades,

will you go with it Fall out of the frames in other

people's minds Hey cowboy,

I know you lost everybody Counting empty miles where your old stars

died You got separated from the turning world Like a hat left

hanging in a house gone still Every road keeps moving like it

never knew you

But I remember,

and I always will

Forgotten cowboy, don't let go You're not as gone as the cold

wind says Even if the timelines close their doors You still live

where my heart still treads

Forgotten cowboy, hold on slow The universe may pass you by

But I can hear your boots in the dark And I won't

let your name run dry

You wear the dust of every vanished season Like proof that love

was here and then was gone No one saw the quiet way

you broke apart No one stayed to learn the shape of carrying

on Still the dawn leans gold across your shoulders Still the plain

keeps room for where you stand You were never made for being

forgotten You were just let go

by careless hands

If the sky unthreads you from its blue If the map gives

out beneath your feet

Come on back through every broken mile My memory

will make you complete

Forgotten cowboy, don't let go You're not as gone as the cold

wind says Even if the timelines close their doors You still live

where my heart still treads

Forgotten cowboy, hold on slow

The universe may pass you by But I can hear your boots

in the dark And I won't let your name run dry

Hey cowboy

I remember your name