An Old Cowboy's Lament

Written for Country Music Lover's Forum
TITLE PROMPTS - PICK ONE OR TWO - ENTER TO WIN!
1. TIME TO HANG UP MY HAT
2. WHISPERING WINDS
3. A TIME FOR YOU AND ME
4. BETTER DAYS I'VE SEEN
5. SADDLE UP, RIDE AWAY
6. AN OLD COWBOY'S LAMENT
7. PRAIRIE MOON SHINING
8. AMERICA'S HEARTLAND
9. SOMEBODY OUT THERE CARES
10. (you choose a title of your own!)

RULES - (not many)
1. Must be a new write using one of the Prompt Titles!
2. Keep the rating to a maximum of 13+ - Tender Eyes here!
3. Lyrics are just poems with promise - WRITE
4. ENTER AND HAVE FUN!
5. ORIGINALITY COUNTS!

My attempt: Yeeehaw!

The prairie moon’s shining, the whispering winds call
Much better days I have seen
For this old cowboy’s been at it too long
I’ve done this since I was thirteen.

The years that I’ve spent in the hot desert sun
Have taken their toll on my life
Cowpokin’s not easy when you’re sixty-one
Alone now with no kids nor wife.

There's been transformations, some good and some bad,
America’s heartland’s seen change.
There was once a time and a place in the west
When our home was truly the range.

My horse has been traded for an old pickup truck.
He’s out in the barn eatin’ hay.
My days of wranglin’ have come to a halt.
I need to saddle up and ride away.

Well, it’s time to hang up my hat
This old cowpoke is now through
With ropin’ and fencin’ and ridin’ the range
And all of the life I once knew.