ROCKY Fred J. Eaglesmith

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Rocky, I'm writing you this letter. I'm in the sunset home.
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My grandkids went and put me here. They got everything I own.
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I know you're out in Albuquerque. I saw Freddy just last week.
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He said your eyesight's failing you and your mouth's too sore to speak.
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Rocky, I've been thinking lately how we never got along,
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How mostly I was right, but sometimes I was wrong.
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Remember that horse we bought in Reno. He was afraid of the starting gun.
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We filled his ears full of cotton. All the money that we won.

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Rocky, you sure were a good cowboy. You sure could rope and ride.
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I always told you not to chew that goddamn tobacco. You could have listened just one time.

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They don't show many Westerns on TV here and they took away my gun.
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But I've still got that Western saddle, the one we stole from Freddy's son.
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Rocky, I heard that they're feeding you, and it sure did make me sad.
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I never thought, in all my days, you'd ever end up like that.
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Remember that trailer in Minnesota. That axle broke right in two.
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We wired it together with four-by-fours and we drove the whole night through.

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So, Rocky, I'll just sign off now. I've been up most of the night.
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I just wanted to tell you, when I heard the news, it damn near made me cry.
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Remember that gun we bought in Tulsa. You shot Freddy right through the hand.
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You wrapped it up in your best western shirt, and gave him all the money that you had.

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You could have listened just one time.