She played tambourine with a silver jingle And she must have known the words to at least a million tunesBut the one most requested by the man she knew as Cowboy Was a late night band addiction at the all-comeback saloonAnd a boy soft and trembling, she'd sing her song to Cowboy As a smoky halo circled round her raven headAnd all the fallen angels, the pinball playin' rounders Stopped the games that they'd been playin' for the loser's evening prayerFaded love and faded memories, how they linger in her mind Miles and years played to Cowboy like an old melody Out of tune and out of timeEvery night in the shadows, thinkin' back on Amarillo He'd dream of better days and ask for faded loveLifted high his glass of money, of the lady and her song He paid his check, then lonely walked that broken Cowboy homeShe played tambourine with a silver jingle And she must have known the words to at least a million tunesBut the one most requested by the man she knew as Cowboy Was a late night band addiction at the all-comeback saloonShe played tambourine with a silver jingle And she must have known the words to at least a million tunesBut the one most requested by the man she knew as Cowboy Was a late night band addiction at the all-comeback saloonShe played tambourine with a silver jingle And she must have known the words to at least a million tunesBut the one most requested by the man she knew as Cowboy Was a late night band addiction at the all-comeback saloon