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The "Has-Been"
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The "Has-Been" |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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The Has Been Seventeen years, some broke bones, and my mem'ries Are all that I have left to show, For one wrong decision, when I turned down college, And followed the pro rodeo. All the guys told me, I had what it took... That I'd be the champion some day. But it takes more than "try", and it sure weren't my looks Now I'm just a "has-been" they say. Maybe I am, a "has-been" that is, My question is, "Has been a what?" I wasn't a husband, a cowman, or such, My mem'ries are all that I've got. I can't recall Vegas, 'cause I never went- No ten head, nor try for the gold. I may not be broken, but I'm badly bent, And reckon I've gotten too old. I ain't been a banker, I ain't been a Doc... No title could I ever claim. I ain't been to Congress, nor fought in no war, I've only yours truly to blame. I had a few women, I ain't no Don Juan- When the night was gone, they were gone, too... I wish I could figger out, just what I have been, Then maybe my song would be through. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hey cowboy poet, keep that pen busy because some of us here enjoy your stories from the dusty roads whether from the POV of what was...or what is we are hopefully, all has-beens  it's the ones-who-never-were who should be shakin in their boots as they ride or walk off into the sunset, emptyhanded |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
Lookin back can be a real B Gunslinger. But as the fat lady say's "It ain't over till it's over!" :-) |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
Not being able to put brand or handle on you is not a bad thing. In my opinion. You "has been" so many things...that you can't wear a single label. You wear the experience that others are trying to fit into. Yeah Maybe alot of suns have set. Alot of winters have passed. But...Two things that I was taught come to mind here... They were said to me by someone I respect greatly and whos cut dont come around anymore.... Bad breath is better than no breath atall and New Come, aint got nothin' on...Been Here Another wonderful write ! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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fmlbarebackrider2001 Member
since 2005-11-16
Posts 138West Texas, United States |
Good question cowboy! What do they call you when your rodeo days are through? Ah well let the pups go out and play cause they come to us when they wanna know why things aren't going right. Know yourself before you try to know someone else. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
You may not of gone to College, but you sure did learn alot from the School of Hard Knocks. Your title in my books will always be, "Gunslinger, the Gentleman Rodeo Poet". |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
Like the words Dave |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
Great cowboy poem I could See every word. Tom Zart The Westport Poet |
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