Elko WIll Survive

Well things ain't like they used to be But you don't need me to tell you that You better not look like a buckaroo Its cooler nowdays to wear a baseball cap And you can try to forget the wooly days But I'll remind you how it was Let's take this town back again The yuppies don't need the whole world In the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door And the Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats And the horse trailers were lined up When you walked into that town Here's to hoping Elko will survive Strong coffee and a round-crown hat Two AM closing Stockman's down Truck's dead and morning's cold Don't say your mama never told you so Shoulda chose the office Shoulda gone to school Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but its too late fool Hold your head up high When they label you wild They say that you belong In the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door The Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats And the horse trailers were lined up When you walked into that town Here's to hoping Elko will survive Elko will survive You can keep your progress Wild horses over family ranch I'll keep my cowcamp, my guns, and my freedom You can take your laws, filthy money, and goldmines I'll trap and rope and brand and ride where I like Like in the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door And the Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats And the horse trailers were lined up When you walked into that town When you walked into that town Here's to hoping Elko will survive Elko will survive The cowboy will survive Things ain't like they used to be But you don't need me to tell you that