Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Colter Wall
Acoustic Guitar
Patrick Lyons
Pedal Steel Guitar
Jason Simpson
Bass
Jake Groves
Harmonica
Russell Patterson
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Tyson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Colter Wall
Producer
Patrick Lyons
Producer
Mike Stankiewicz
Mixing Engineer
Mike Monseur
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The coyote is a survivor
Reckon he's got to be
He lives in the snow at forty below
Or in Malibu by the sea
I'm just an old cowpuncher
I love to listen to his tune
[Chorus]
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
[Verse 2]
The cowboy's a conundrum
A contradiction in this age
He says he doing fine on the poverty line
With a workin' cowboy's wage
The whiskey bottle costs thirty-two bucks
The big prairie moon is free
[Chorus]
So who is a dumber son of a bitch
The little coyote or me?
Who is a dumber son of a bitch
The little coyote or me?
[Verse 3]
So with thoughts of reincarnation
Well, I drifted off to dream
Made it for a life with a coyote wife
A bushy-tailed coyote queen
Way down in the valley
By the Old Jasper Saloon
[Chorus]
The cowboy got high on a bottle rye
And we got drunk on the moon
The cowboy got high on a bottle of rye
And we got drunk on the moon
[Verse 4]
The coyote is a survivor
Reckon he's got to be
He lives in the snow at forty below
Or in Malibu by the sea
I'm just an old cowpuncher
I love to listen to his tune
[Chorus]
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
As I get high on a bottle of rye
The coyote gets drunk on the moon
Written by: Ian Tyson

