COSMIC CATTLE DRIVE (Outlaw Acid Cowboy) [Intro – Spoken, gritty, slow build] Rollin’… rollin’… rollin’… Though the planets keep on turnin’… Keep them dogies burnin’… Across the Milky Way… ⸻ [Verse 1] Well we saddled up at Jupiter On a rusted docking bay Ropin’ wild plasma longhorns That broke loose in the solar spray Got a herd of glowing comets Branded with a ring of fire Trail boss ridin’ shotgun On a warp-speed amplifier Dust ain’t dust, it’s stardust Blowin’ through my beard Every black hole we pass by Whispers what I feared ⸻ [Chorus] It’s a cosmic cattle drive Across the great divide Pushin’ burning steers of light Through the dark side of the sky Whip crack like a laser flash Boot heels spark and glide If you can’t hold on to gravity You won’t survive the ride Rollin’… rollin’… rollin’… Through the astral tide This ain’t Texas, son It’s a cosmic cattle drive ⸻ [Verse 2] Got Martian hands from Amarillo Paid in oxygen and gin They hum old freight train melodies Through helmets made of tin Saturn’s rings like barbed wire Rippin’ through the herd Meteor stampede tonight Haven’t lost a man — yet, word We bed down near Orion Where the nebulae glow red Campfire made of gamma rays And coffee strong as lead ⸻ [Chorus] It’s a cosmic cattle drive Across the great divide Pushin’ burning steers of light Through the dark side of the sky Whip crack like a laser flash Boot heels spark and glide If you can’t hold on to gravity You won’t survive the ride ⸻ [Bridge – Psychedelic Breakdown] Steel guitar bends sideways Like it’s meltin’ into time Stars drip like honey From a freight train in my mind Heard a coyote howlin’ On the moons of IO Might’ve been my echo From a hundred years ago My hat floats off in zero G But I don’t chase it down Out here a man don’t need a hat When he owns the sound ⸻ [Final Chorus – Bigger, louder] It’s a cosmic cattle drive Across the endless night Pushin’ herds of hydrogen Toward the break of light Trail boss of the universe Eyes burnin’ wide We ain’t drivin’ beef, boys We’re drivin’ cosmic pride Rollin’… rollin’… rollin’… Till the stars collide Rawhide in the void On a cosmic cattle drive
