in 73,
you were a cowboy, the gunfightin' scourge of every town.
All the long -haired canyon
ladies hung around
Out for a hell of a time
Down and dirty
You rode any horse that you could find
Ah, but now you've hung
your spurs out on the line
And you don't even know
Why you left it all behind
And like a light in the window
You keep longing to be seen
And before too long
The love you've waited for
It's fading like a dream,
like a dream
Back in 75, you tore up the highway
American hero in the rain
As the patches on your jeans
began to fade
You took another stab at the night
Alone and crazy
Platinum ladies by your side
You convince yourself that
all good men survive
You don't even know
But you had to leave it all behind
Leave it all behind
Like a light in the window
You keep longing to be seen
But before too long, the love you've waited for is fading like a dream,
like a dream.
Now you're playing safe at home
And the freedom that you own
You willingly concede
As you tell yourself
You haven't lost a thing
You don't even know
If it's something you've outgrown
Or something that you left behind
That you left behind
And like a light in the window
You keep longing to be seen
And before too long
The love you've waited for
It's fading like a dream,
like a dream