He told a good story and all of us kids listened
  'Bout his life on the border and the way it was then
  And we all believed him and when he would finish
  We'd ask the old cowboy to tell 'em again
    You could almost hear those prairie winds blowin'
  His saddle a creakin' 'neath his old faded jeans
  You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'
  As he sat there and painted those west Texas scenes
    And the grown-ups would tell us
  You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies
  But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero
  Just as true as his blue Texas skies
    He told of a time when he rode with the Rangers
  Down on the pecos and he saved the day
  Outnumbered by plenty, they were almost too cover
  With thirty banditos headed their way
    He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble
  The captain went down and Bill pulled up on his rains
  And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain
  And they rode for a sunset, just the story remains
    And the grown-ups would tell us
  You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies
  But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero
  Just as true as his blue Texas skies
    Well I still remember the day that it happened
  We waited and we waited but Bill never showed
  And the follks at the feed store said they hadn't seen him
  So we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road
    And we cried when we found him lying there with his mem'ries
  The old trunk wide open, things scattered about
  He was clutchin' a badge that said Texas Ranger
  And an old "yeller" letter said Texas Is Proud
    And the grown-ups that told us
  You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' lies
  Well now they're all sayin' Cowboy Bill was a hero
  Just as true as his blue Texas skies
    Just as true as his blue Texas skies