I was a Cowboy lyrics

I was a cowboy in my neighbourhood spinning along the hedgerows strawberry sherbert and gum were the tools of my trade thought I'd grow handsome, funny and free boys in the first grade could never hold a candle to me I was a cowboy my mother took me in late '69 to the school of saint francis xaviour pretty miss hollis was waiting to lead me away her breasts were tender and, I confess, I cried the whole day hiding my face in the folds of her dress I was a cowboy soon I was grown and my branches were strong and the halo of spring was round me spilling my youth out in tissues on warm afternoons I met some sweet girls, acted unkind down by the sand dunes striking the truth of life from my mind I was a cowboy