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Driving Through Montana

by Craig Mecham

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I have dreamed of being a cowboy since I was a kid visiting my Grandpa's and my Uncle's farms during the summer. But, I've always been a city kid. Raising our family in Spokane, WA we would drive each summer to Utah to visit extended family. Driving through Western Montana with its spectacular mountains and beautiful valleys filled with cattle always reminded me of this boyhood dream and awakened in my heart the desire to chuck it all and become a cowboy. Eventually, during our drive, reality would set in and I would realize, while I might be that guy in my dreams, I'm definitely not that guy in reality.

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Driving Through Montana
© 2019 Craig Mecham

Driving through Montana
It happens every time
I dream that I’m a cowboy
And I go back in time

I start off with best intentions
Of keeping my city life
But soon I’m thinkin bout cows
And about my cowgirl wife

CHORUS
But I’ve never owned a pickup
I’ve never roped a steer
I’ve never chewed tobacco
I’ve never shot a deer

I’ve never smoked a Marlborough
I’ve never cared for beans
Never had a Skoal can
In the pocket of my jeans

The cattle dot the hillsides
And the mountains scrape the sky
I see myself on horseback
Out on the range I fly

We’d have a bunch of cowboy kids
Spend all day on the range
Herding cattle here and there
When pastures should be changed

CHORUS

We’d ride through sagebrush meadows
With the cattle all around
Spend our day on horseback
And sleep out on the ground

Saddles for our pillows
To rest our weary heads
Hats to cover up our face
And our blankets for our beds

CHORUS

All too soon I realize
That this could never be
I’ve never done those cowboy things
It really isn’t me

So I just keep on driving
To the city life I dread
I recognize those cowboy dreams
Are best left in my head

LAST CHORUS
‘Cause Never wore a cowboy hat
Never had them boots
Never branded cattle
Never had a gun that shoots

I never mended fences
I never rode the range
I never bucked a bronc
And it’s too late to change

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released May 1, 2019
Craig Mecham--Guitar and Vocals
John Carter--Bass, Drums

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Craig Mecham Logan, Utah

Craig Mecham has spent many decades playing and performing on stages from London to Washington State.
He recently took 2nd place at the annual KSM Songwriter’s Contest and was a finalist at the prestigious Red Lodge Songwriter’s Festival.
His ability to weave music and lyrics into a very personal experience will have you roaring with laughter one minute and quietly dabbing your eyes the next. ... more

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