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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I'm So Open Lyrics
Cowboy Junkies
Just outside they're waiting
Just outside the circle
Waiting for that finger to point your way
Just keep runnin'
Just keep runnin'
Young ones quickly burning
Old ones die away
Fires lit to say goodbye or hello
Which way you lookin'
Which way you lookin'
Can't know who that brought you here
Lay your blessing and hand
Rid yourself of all regrets
Because here is where it all began
Bumblers gain, cheaters win
Where the winner pays the highest cost
You've laid your marker, now watch the ball
Hold your breath, it's about to fall
Just outside they're waiting
Just outside the circle
Waiting there is someone, I don't know who
I'm so open
I'm so open
I don't sleep most nights
Just lie awake and count my blessings
I keep this endless life
Of perfect hopeless mourning
I hold you till morning comes
It's all that I can do
I'm so open
I'm so open
I don't like this last goodbye
I don't like goodbye