An aging desperado
in the hills of Colorado
Lies beneath a canopy of stars
His best years behind him,
and each star reminds him
The days that lay sealed in his heart
He's been a loner and a drifter,
a gambler and a grifter
He can play the fiddle, boys,
like you can't believe
Tonight he's lying in the valley,
the campfire's slowly dying
As the embers fade he drips off to sleep
He dreams of dance hall dames
and wide open planes
And skies that are bluer than blue
Oh, but my, how things have changed
Yeah, all that remains
is a cowboy and a big,
lonesome moon
They once had a lover
Golden -haired and stubborn
The tender hearted daughter of the south
She tried her best to love him
Those wild winds kept calling
See men like him,
they weren't made to settle down
They need their dance hall days
In the wide open plains
The skies that are bluer than blue
Oh, but my, how things have changed
Yeah, all that remains
Is a cowboy and a big,
lonesome moon
Just before the sunrise
and the waning hours of twilight
The cowboy stirs and he wakes
from his sleep
Though the world has passed by him
Deep down inside him
Lay the memories of a long life spent free
He has his dance hall names
His wide open plains
The skies are bluer than blue
Oh, and though things may have changed
The truest ones remain
Like the cowboy in
his big lonesome moon
Like the cowboy in his big lonesome moon you