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“Western Girls”

I wanna rootin tootin high fa-lootin cowboy girl
one that’ll ride the prair-ie with me anywhere in the world
a saddle pal type of gal that can make the cactus blush
and when it comes to pitchin woo doesn’t get in a heated rush

She knows how to curl my bacon without a single move
and when we’re under the big moon she quivers my cowboy boots
she’ll be my oasis in this unkind atmosphere
and when the skies are dark or cloudy she’ll help them all to clear

(chorus)
Wes-tern girls....… they’re unique
feisty as a mustang up on 2 hind feet
there’ll be no need for a lasso to tame this buck-a-roo-----
just give me a western girl nothing else will do

She can be sweet as rock candy or as mean as a grizz
but when she gives me that cold deep stare I better not persist
there’s nothing else like her this side of the USA
not even homemade biscuits and gravy hot on the plate

She looks so good in gingham it dresses up the plains
and she knows how to skin an elk and other wildlife thangs
during the coldest winters she keeps her man warm
even patches all my britches just in case they get torn

(chorus)
Wes-tern girls....… they’re unique
feisty as a mustang up on 2 hind feet
there’ll be no need for a lasso to tame this buck-a-roo-----
just give me a western girl nothing else will do
2X (yodel)

©"Western Girls” 11-01-2008 by Gary D. Gray All Rights Reserved (BMI)

Just curious

Is that about Sarah Palin?

Andy

no! why would you say that ?

No offence intended

Just seem to invoke the bear killing image we have of her over here.

and she knows how to skin an elk and other wildlife thangs

Andy

I think far too many people focused on her instead of whom was running for the real office that mattered and I do take offense to you or anyone else that would degrade a woman like they did her!People listen far too much to SNL and other tv shows and far less to the real people that's what is wrong. This lyric is about a non real western woman of the old cowboy days and any reference to anything else is false!

Ok man relax.

It's a forum if you don't want comments don't post.

It was a genuine question, but if you want to take it the wrong way then good luck to you.

Love and Peace

Andy

there was nothing my lyric that would lead anyone to think as you have done? if it is then I shall change it, it was you that took it the wrong way not I ! and I am relaxed

I called it like i read it.

Are we to assume that there is only one interpretation of words these days.

If there is, please post the rules and I will try to follow them.

As always on here It is keep or sweep when it comes to comments and suggestions.

No need to get too worked up about it.

Andy

Actually when I read the line about "and she knows how to skin an elk and other wildlife thangs" I immediately though of Sarah -- who wouldn't after the election we just had? The SNL spoofs were unbelievably hilarious (and pretty accurate, too).

Kevin

that shows your character, that most people knew more about her than they did the one whom was running for the POTUS

You know nothing about my character and your logical leaps are always amazing to me. I knew a lot more about McCain that Sarah -- but she was just such an unbelievably bad choice that it doomed any chance he had. In the minds of voters, the VP has to clear one obstacle -- can they be a president. I am afraid that Sarah flunked that test.

Kevin

Your lyric invoked an image.

Surely that is what all songwriters want.

If it did not invoke the image you wanted .....


Then perhaps you should consider a rewrite.

Andy

you are just like the others who has received their information by way of SNL and the other tv programs that focused entirely on this woman, and why? because she was a threat !She passed more tests than you'll ever believe she ran the governor's office of Alaska and that's the biggest state in the USA and your character shows when you can find humor in a show that would degrade someone like this!And I won't reply back to your replies so forget trying to bait me in a feud with you because you don't matter to me

Gary, it's a fun lyric in a throwback to yesteryear style...good timin' good ole' gal...i didn't read Palin into it at all, and i voted for John McCain because i thought he would make the best president. He's not our president though, and i for one believe it is partly due to his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, and i do like her. I just think he made his own uphill battle more steep by picking a veep that most Americans weren't willing to put a heartbeat away from runnin' the country...and that's my two cents worth...keep or sweep ...welcome to Socialism...be well...moker

Sorry but I don't even know what SNL is i'm from Scotland.

Andy

perhaps you should find a new way of thinking that if a writer says something that it means what you are thinking it means unless you have a fixation of this woman and everytime you hear certain words you think it's about them? I won't do a re-write for the simple reason that I did not write about this person you have fixated on.

thx Moker I am a Independant and would have love to have seen my candidate been voted to run in the party he was in(it doesn't matter which party they were in)no woman should have been degraded like they did her the media is at fault for focusing and wasting time on slimeballing a candidate the way they did her

IMHO

most people take different things out of songs.

If they did not then surely the music world would be a poore place.

If the writer gets to decide what is infered then what is the point in the study of literature.

I know songs that mean different things to different people, are you saying that is wrong.

Tat you are dictator of the image?

Just curious.


Andy.

Andy the world right now is a piss poor place and those who help it stay that way aren't helping it change for the better

they haven't left her alone yet, headlines about her daughter yesterday to continue the character assault...but back to the song, don't get too riled up, folks are gonna interpret things in as many different ways as there are people who hear or see it...that is the very nature of art in any form...for instance... a painting of a nude woman...beautiful to some, pornographic to others, God merely sees it as a portrait of His child i suppose...be well...moker

Not quite sure what that's got to do with the song and might be beter suited to the political forum.

Andy

thx Moker , how it ever got to politics is beyond me Andy you took it to mean something which it never was and if you did then you'll have to live with that

I'm pretty sure I can live with that.

What started as a throw away comment grew some horns.

Go figure

Andy.

Lots of good images in this. The fact that you used elk, which I don't associate with cowboy territory made me think of Sarah, whom I adore. Had you used an animal more relatable to the old west, I wouldn't have.

Comments like this make me cringe.

"The SNL spoofs were unbelievably hilarious (and pretty accurate, too)."

People who make them show what independent thinkers they are, not given to media BS. (Sarcastically speaking, natch!) Of course, Hillary was on the verge of being the ACTUAL nominee, and no liberal worth their salt would have batted an eye, because she, after all, was first lady, and from that world of governing experience, she was elected senator of New York, which pre-qualified her as commandress in chief. Imagine if Laura Bush decided to run for senator of...Nevada. But the press has made it clear, she's a borderline buffoon, whereas Hil is the smartest woman in the world!

Dan Quayle spells potato with an "e" it's headline news...for MONTHS. Obama talks of visiting 57 states (merely one of a steady stream of gaffes), not a ripple. And BIDEN, I won't even go there. But poor Sarah is a dunce, cause THEY say she is, by God!

I'm with Moker, welcome to socialist America.
fnf

thx Frank, the reference to an elk is because of it's massive size and since there were alot of women in such states as Montanna and Colorado that had to do the same work as a man back in the old western days plus when their men came back from hunting or wherever they had to be frilly women too and look as good as they could too to keep their menfolk happy, so the reference to this majestic creature along with the other massive animals as a Grizzly or a buffalo meant these were true one of a kind women, hope this explains it once and for all

Gary,

You need to chill. If you want to have a political discussion, please move it over the the political board. Andy is from Scotland. He made a very good observation about a line in your song that evoked an image and asked you about it. You went on the attack. That's pretty common for you. I am sick of it. This is a lyric board. You could have easily answered his question by saying "no.. it wasn't intended to be about Sarah Palin."

In general, these feedback boards are not meant as places for YOU to argue with the people who offered you feedback. If you don't like the feedback, then don't use it. You have NO RIGHT to attack the messenger. You are ASKING for their feedback and comments. If you can't accept that, then please stop posting. You are far more of a negative presence here than a positive one.

Enough is enough. I am tired of the complaints and I am tired of your nastiness. Either start playing well with others or go find a new sandbox.

Brian

I don't want political issues they can have their politics I'm done with politics and politicians

Hi Gary,

This opens like a song with great potential. Some slick in-line in lyric hooks
and a kickin' country vibe.
First two verses and the chorus is all I've read so far but I saw one thing I
would change, even though my contributions are considered comments --
like, what am I doin' here!

Now where's that line I wanted to alter. . .
2nd last line of verse 2

She knows how to curl my bacon without a single move
And when we’re under the big moon she quivers my cowboy boots
She'll be my oasis in AN unkind atmosphere
WHEN THE SKY IS dark or cloudy she’ll BE THERE TO MAKE IT clear

Making it clear gives an added impression or weight to the existing one . . .
more weight than what was there I think.

Listen to me. . . I'm a bloody salesman
Workin' for nothin'
It's about time. . . I started hustling
To the exit
Music man

Cheers

thx Terry for the suggestions when the composer starts the music on this one any changes can be made