[Verse 1]
On a silent street that feels like it's in Washington
Trudging over cobblestones and hills
I made a promise that I'd be home by morning
I've got to feed my Papillon his pills
I was lying wide awake when I complained that you woke me up
A troubled mind, it never rests
I feel like dying in the department stores
I'm a weasel stealing eggs out of your nest

[Chorus]
Christmas cowboy
I am a tall magician
Christmas cowboy
Would you be mine

[Verse 2]
When I was four I fell off forty horses
One by one, they stepped on both my hands
I gave my mommy fifty basset hounds
And they burned down every acre of her land
I've got Egypt in my pheromones
I've been to Cairo on a plane
Potato chips are in my pockets
But I'm still just here playing possum with my brain
[Chorus]
Christmas cowboy
I am a tall magician
Christmas cowboy
Would you be quiet

Christmas cowboy
I am a tall magician
Christmas cowboy
Would you be quiet