The Cowboy Junkiesare a Canadian alt-country/ alternative rockband, formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family. The group formed in Toronto in 1985. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name, but that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies several years after they coined the name.) The Trinity Sessionis perhaps their best known record, recorded live in a single day on a single microphone in a church in Toronto. This album also included a unique cover version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane".
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Cowboy Junkies
I had a man, whos good and kind in his way
Yeah I had a man, sweet and kind in his way
Lord, he died and he left me
And I sing the blues on every decoration day
Lord I was standing, standing round my babys bed
Well, my lord, my lord he take my baby away
Why, why, why, why
When your soul dont come back
Lord, I hung my head and cried
Said, now baby please please dont worry
Said, now baby please please dont worry
cause everybodys gotta go
Why, why, why, why
The best man, God knows, I ever had
All day, that sunday
I just hung my head and cried
So sad, that sunday
When my lord he take my baby
Why, why, why, why
I need my baby on some old lonesome day
And I sing the blues on every decoration day
On every decoration day