New Year's Day

Of the various songs titled (or about) New Year’s Day, this one is my favorite. Just some C&W fun:

New Year’s Day
Music and lyrics by Charlie Robison

Well, I woke up early Sunday morning

Had myself a piece of toast
Had fifty dollars in my pocket
Gonna chase myself a ghost

Went down Camino Espinoza
Gonna get me a divorce
Gonna split with all my money
See that girl who loves a horse

It's New Years Day here on the border
And it's always been this way
I never do the things I oughta
Think I'll stay its New Year's Day

I met them boys there from O'Connor
Cowboy like you never seen
They're up for anything you want to
Live on steak and refried beans
They bought up half of southern Texas
It's why they act the way they do
When them boys meet me in Laredo
They think they own Laredo too

It's New Years Day here on the border
And it's always been this way
I never do the things I oughta
Think I'll stay its New Year's Day

I know a girl here in Laredo,
Her name's Pussy Willow Rose
She got that ring around the collar
Got that ring stuck through her nose
She works there at the Dallas Cowboys
But she's got no in between
Like all them other boys in dresses
They ain't every cowboy's dream

It's New Years Day here on the border
And it's always been this way
I never do the things I oughta
Think I'll stay its New Year's Day


Listen to the song here